23302 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October #, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS INTRODUCTION OF A BILL TO will be to assist rather than burden the Feder- of this title may be brought in any district PROVIDE FEDERAL JURISDIC­ al courts in their efforts to cope with workload in which any defendant resides or in which pressures. a substantial part of the event or occurrence TION OF CERTAIN MULTI­ giving rise to the action took place.". PARTY, MULTIFORUM CIVIL H.R.- SEC. 4. MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION. ACTIONS Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Section 1407 of title 28, United States Representatives of the United States of Code, is amended by adding at the end the HON. ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER America in Congress assembled, following: OF WISCONSIN SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. "(i)(l) In actions transferred under this This Act may be cited as the "Multiparty, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES section when jurisdiction is based in whole Multiforum Jurisdiction Act of 1989". or in part on section 1367 of this title, the Wednesday, October 4, 1989 SEC. 2. JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURTS. transferee district court may, notwithstand­ Mr. KASTENMEIER. Mr. Speaker, I am in­ (a) BASIS OF JURISDICTION.-Chapter 85 Of ing any other provision of this section, troducing legislation designed to improve the title 28, United States Code, is amended by retain actions so transferred for the deter­ efficiency with which Federal courts are able adding at the end the following new section: mination of liability. An action retained for to handle complex, multidistrict litigation. A "§ 1367. Multiparty, multiforum jurisdiction the determination of liability shall be re­ "(a) The district courts shall have original manded to the district court from which the single airline crash, hotel fire or bridge col­ action was transferred, or to the State court lapse can generate hundreds of lawsuits in a jurisdiction of any civil action involving minimal diversity between adverse parties from which the action was removed, for the myriad of State and Federal courts. Existing that arises from a single event or occur­ determination of damages unless the court law provides the means to unify these pro­ rence, where it is alleged in good faith that finds, for the convenience of parties and ceedings to a considerable extent; neverthe­ any 25 persons have either died or incurred witnesses and in the interest of justice, that less, it often remains impossible to avoid par­ injury in the event or occurrence and that, the action should be retained for the deter­ allel proceedings in a variety of forums, due to in the case of injury, the injury has resulted mination of damages. defects in the laws governing joinder, transfer in damages which exceed $50,000 per "(2) Any remand under paragraph (1) and consolidation. The result is a waste of ju­ person, exclusive of interest and costs, if- shall not be effective until 60 days after the "< I> a defendant resides in a State and a transferee court has issued an order deter­ dicial resources in both the Federal and State mining liability and has certified its inten­ courts, which may be obliged to try identical li­ substantial part of the event or occurrence took place in another State; tion to remand some or all of the trans­ ability issues numerous times. In addition, mul­ "(2) any two defendants reside in different ferred actions for the determination of dam­ tiple suits give rise to problems in coordination States; or ages. An appeal with respect to the liability between State and Federal courts, the threat "(3) substantial parts of the event or oc­ determination and the choice of law deter­ of bankruptcy before all valid claims can be currence took place in different States. mination of the transferee court may be satisfied, and unfairness in connection with "(b) For purposes of this section- taken during that 60-day period to the court multiple awards of punitive damages. "(1) minimal diversity exists between ad­ of appeals with appellate jurisdiction over My bill would create a new Federal court verse parties if any party is a citizen of a the transferee court. In the event a party files such an appeal, the remand shall not subject matter jurisdiction, specially tailored to State and any adverse party is a citizen of another State, a citizen or subject of a for­ be effective until the appeal has been final­ meet the problems created by mass tort litiga­ eign state, or a foreign state as defined in ly disposed of. Once the remand has become tion. It would authorize such cases to be section 1603 of this title; effective, the liability determination and heard in Federal court provided that there is "<2> a corporation is deemed to be a citi­ the choice of law determination shall not be minimum diversity of citizenship among adver­ zen of any State, and a citizen or subject of subject to further review by appeal or oth­ saries, and that at least 25 persons are al­ any foreign state, in which it is incorporated erwise. leged to have sustained physical injury or or has its principal place of business, and is "(3) Any decision under this subsection death resulting in damages over $50,000 per deemed to be a resident of any State in concerning remand for the determination of person. It would broaden available venues in which it is incorporated or licensed to do damages shall not be reviewable by appeal business or is doing business; and or otherwise.". mass tort cases to include any district in "(3) 'injury' means physical harm to a nat­ which any, rather than all, defendants reside. SEC. 5. REMOVAL OF ACTIONS. ural person and physical damage to or de­ Section 1441 of title 28, United States It would expand the authority of courts receiv­ struction of tangible property. Code, is amended- ing mass tort cases transferred via multidistrict " In any action in a district court under (!) in subsection by striking out "(e) litigation procedures, so that such actions this section, any person with a claim arising The court to which a civil action is re­ could be retained not only for pretrial proceed­ from the event or occurrence described in moved" and inserting in lieu thereof "(f) ings, but for determinations of liability and in subsection shall be permitted to inter­ The court to which a civil action is removed some cases, damages. Finally, it would relax vene as a party plaintiff in the action, even under this section"; and requirements applicable to removal of cases if that person could not have brought an (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the action in a district court as an original from State to Federal court, so as to permit following new subsection: matter. "(e> A defendant in a civil action in a mass tort cases filed in State court to be " A district court in which an action State court may remove the action to the more easily consolidated in Federal court, and under this section is pending shall promptly United States district court for the district to enable the Federal courts to return cases notify the judicial panel on multidistrict and division embracing the place where the to the State courts for damage determina­ litigation of the pendency of the action.". action is pending if- tions, when appropriate. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.-The table " the action could have been brought At a time when the burgeoning volume of of sections at the beginning of chapter 85 of in a United States district court under sec­ drug cases is imposing ever increasing work­ title 28, United States Code, is amended by tion 1367 of this title, or adding at the end the following new item: load pressures on the Federal courts, we " the defendant is a party to an action "1367. Multiparty, multiforum jurisdic- under section 1367 in a United States dis­ must be mindful of the impact the laws we tion.". trict court arising from the same event or enact will have on the Federal judiciary. One SEC. 3. VENUE. occurrence as the action in State court. of the primary objectives of this bill is to Section 1391 of title 28, United States The removal of an action under this subsec­ reduce duplicative litigation in the Federal Code, is amended by adding at the end the tion shall be made in accordance with sec­ courts, and so improve the efficiency of court following: tion 1446 of this title, except that a petition operation. Accordingly, while this bill creates a "(g) A civil action in which jurisdiction of for removal may also be filed before trial of new basis for federal jurisdiction, its net effect the district court is based upon section 1367 the action in State court within 30 days

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. October #, 1989 EXTENSIONS O~F REMARKS 23303 after the date on which the defendant first "(8) the interest of any jurisdiction in "1785. Subpoenas in multiparty, multiforum becomes a party to an action under section having its law apply; actions.". 1367 in a United States district court arising "(9) any reasonable expectation of a party from the same event or occurrence, or at a or parties that the law of a particular juris­ SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. later time with leave of the district court. diction would apply o:r would not apply; The amendments made by this Act shall "<2> Whenever an action is removed under "(10) any agreement or stipulation of the apply to a civil action U the event or occur­ this subsection and the district court to parties concerning the applicable law; and rence giving rise to the cause of action oc­ which it was removed has made a liability "<11> whether a change in applicabl~ law curred on or after the 90th day after the determination requiring further proceedings in connection with removal or transfer of day of the enactment of this Act. as to damages, the district court shall the action would cause unfairness. remand the action to the State court from "(b) The district court making the deter­ which it had been removed for the determi­ mination under subsection shall enter an CHILD CARE nation of damages, unless the court finds order designating a single jurisdiction whose. that, for the convenience of parties and wit­ substantive law is to be applied in all other HON. NANCY PELOSI nesses and in the interest of justice, the actions under section 1367 arising from the action should be retained for the determina­ same event of occurrence as that giving rise OF CALIFORNIA tion of damages. to the action in which the determination is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "<3> Any remand under paragraph <2> made. The substantive law of the designated shall not be effective until 60 days after the jurisdiction shall be applied to all such ac­ Wednesday, October 4, 1989 district court has issued an order determin­ tions before the court, and to all elements Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow the ing liability and has certified its intention to of each action, except where Federal law ap­ House will debate a child care bill. This is one remand some or all of the removed actions plies or the order specifically provides for of the most important bills that we will take up for the determination of damages. An the application of the law of another juris­ this session. appeal with respect to the liability determi­ diction with respect to an action or an ele­ nation and the choice of law determination ment of an action. It has been 20 years since we have debat­ of the district court may be taken during " In an action remanded to another dis­ ed child care. Within the past 20 years, we that 60-day period to the court of appeals trict court or a State court under section have seen over half of the mothers with with appellate jurisdiction over the district 1407 or 144l the forums in which the claims were tions or might have been brought; "When the jurisdiction of the district the following article in the Sunday, September "(3) the location of the event or occur­ court is based in whole or in part upon sec­ 24 edition of the Washington Post to be most rence on which the action is based and the tion 1367 of this title, a subpoena for at­ timely and appropriate in discussing our much location of related transactions among the tendance at a hearing or trial may, if au­ overlooked war on poverty. The article, written parties; thorized by the court upon motion for good by Colman McCarthy, points out the largely ig­ "(4) the place where the parties reside or cause shown, and upon such terms and con­ nored 25th anniversary of the Economic Op­ do business; ditions as the court may impose, be served portunity Act-an act that created such pro­ "(5) the desirability of applying uniform at any place within the United States, or law to some or all aspects of the action; anywhere outside the United States if oth­ grams as Head Start and VISTA as well as "(6) whether a change in applicable law in erwise permitted by law.". the Job Corps. connection with removal or transfer of the (2} The table of sections at the beginning In the past decade, these critical and ulti­ action would cause unfairness; of chapter 117 of title 28, United States mately tax-saving programs have suffered "<7> the danger of creating unnecessary Code, is amended by adding at the end the severe cuts in funding as our administration incentives for forum shopping; following new item: has apparently shifted its Federal spending 23304 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 4, 1989 priorities. But in my Eastern Kentucky district, so many lives? Add in the Peace Corps, the private sector in 1961 when he founded we continue to struggle in this war on poverty which Shriver whipped into shape before SCI. as unemployment rates reach as high as 40 OEO, and the assertion of Shriver's unique­ Today, SCI Systems operates under Olin ness is even more undeniable. percent in some areas. Though unfortunately, That was the sentiment the other evening King's leadership as a diversified electronics this ongoing battle no longer commands the at the reunion conference of the National manufacturer for both aerospace and com­ attention that it had in the sixties, the pro­ Association of Community Action Agencies. mercial markets, and is now one of the Hunts­ grams that resulted play a crucial role in my Some 2,000 officials and volunteers from 950 ville area's largest industrial employers with district and the Nation. community action agencies honored Shriver over 4,000 employees. In recognition of his in­ Secretary Kemp, who is mentioned in the for his enduring commitment. novative business leadership, Olin King was article, would be wise to build on these al­ Poverty war stories were told, with one of selected as the National Management Asso­ ready proven and established programs that the sharpest coming from Arthur Blaustein, ciation's 1984 Executive of the Year. have been battling poverty long before Mr. once chairman of Lyndon Johnson's adviso­ ry council on economic opportunity and now Originally a native of Georgia, Olin King re­ Kemp decided to enter the battle. I respectful­ a professor at Berkeley: ceived a bachelor of science degree from ly submit Mr. McCarthy's article for my col­ "During the 1980 presidential campaign, North Georgia College. He performed gradu­ leagues' review: then-candidate Reagan would entertain ate work at Emory University and the Universi­ [From the Washington Post, Sept. 24, 19891 crowds with the line: 'Do you know how ty of Pennsylvania after which he served in THE WAR ON POVERTY HANGS ON much it costs to keep a kid in the Job the Korean war as an officer in the U.S. Army Corps? And how much it costs to Signal Corps. send a youngster to Harvard? Olin King is an active business and civic Given mainstream media's penchant-no, Well, I'll tell you: $8,200 for the Job Corps addiction-for fluff, the 20th anniversary of and only $8,000 for Harvard.' This usually leader in Huntsville. In addition to being chair­ Woodstock transformed editors and report­ elicited gales of smug laughter. But it was a man of the board and CEO for SCI Systems, ers into hype-mongers convinced that a be­ totally false comparison, a perversion of re­ he serves as a director of First Alabama Bank mudded mob self-pastured for three days of Huntsville, N.A., a director of Delta Comuni­ listening to over-amplified rock music was ality. It just shows how distortions and false an event that shaped a generation. myths are created. The average taxpayer cations, Inc., and president of Crown Proper­ Another anniversary-a 25th-occurred doesn't want a complex economic answer ties, Inc. this summer about which hardly a syllable but he does deserve an honest answer. He has worked with both State and local was written or uttered, although a torrent "There are substantial costs if we elimi­ civic organizations committed to promoting ex­ nate Job Corps. It costs $26,000 a year to of stories was deserved. It was an event that keep a youngster in prison. It costs $32,000 cellence in education and economic develop­ led to the improvement and uplift of tens of to keep a youngster in an alcohol and drug ment in Alabama. Currently, he serves as a millions of lives and that did shape a gen­ trustee of the Alabama Heritage Trust Fund, is eration: the passage of the Economic Oppor­ abuse program. It costs $55,000 to keep a tunity Act in August 1964. youngster in a mental institution. And it a member of both the Council of Twenty-One, The legislation created the Office of Eco­ costs only $16,000 to keep a youngster in the Alabama Commission on Higher Education nomic Opportunity, an agency that was to Job Corps, where they are learning self-re­ and the Governor's Task Force on Economic last in name for 10 years but which has sur­ spect and job training.'' Recovery, and is a director of the Alabama vived politically for 25 years in the pro­ Job Corps currently has 106 centers. Legal Research Institute. Additionally, Olin King grams its officials began. These include Services has 325 grantees. Head Start has nearly 10,000 centers. Community action serves as chairman, Research Park Board of Head Start, Legal Services, VISTA, Job the city of Huntsville, vice chairman and trust­ Corps, Foster Grandparents, Community agencies operate in 96 percent of all U.S. Health Centers, Upward Bound and Com­ cities and counties, and VISTA, ever valiant, ee of the Huntsville Hospital Foundation, and munity Action Agencies. has 3,012 volunteers in 666 sites. is a member of the University of Alabama in All were created following the funding of Earlier this year Jack Kemp announced Huntsville's science and engineering advisory the 1964 law. All have survived. OEO-born he would commence "a war on poverty.'' committee. A listing of his civic contributions programs were nurtured in the early days Where has he been the past 25 years? Let could go on and on. by some of the Left's most politically astute Kemp, if he's interested in more than high­ Olin B. King is the type of business leader pitched gab, join the war on poverty that's strategists, ranging from Michael Harring­ which any community would be proud to claim ton who came aboard as a consultant, to already in progress and might be faring Daniel Berrigan, the Jesuit priest and icon better had his own party not tried so often as their own. He has contributed greatly to the breaker who came to leadership meetings to gut it. growth of north Alabama as one of America's and later served as a volunteer in the emerging high technology centers. I salute Upward Bound Program. The original vision Olin King and wish him the best as he contin­ of the 1964 act-to eliminate poverty-has A TRIBUTE TO OLIN KING ues his pioneering work in the fields of sci­ been sustained by allies in Congress who, ence and industry. though chlled by feeling like exiles, stayed HON. RONNIE G. FUPPO unshaken in liberalism's belief in govern­ OF ALABAMA mental compassion for the weak and poor. MANAGING PUBLIC LANDS Today, government largess is shoveled out IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to S&L pirates, to B-2 bombers, to witless Wednesday, October 4, 1989 prison-building, to the HUD pals of Sam HON. LEE H. HAMILTON Mr. FLIPPO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay Pierce. While the money is dispensed in un­ OF INDIANA tribute to Olin King, and his accomplishments precedented gobs, the same Republican IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES right that has opposed poverty programs in the fields of science and business. for a quarter-century now has as its leader Olin B. King is chairman, chief executive Wednesday, October 4, 1989 in Congress Newt Gingrich who says: "The and a founder of SCI Systems, Inc. Since Mr. HAMIL TON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to values of the Left cripple human beings, 1961, Olin King has displayed the type of in­ insert my Washington Report for Wednesday, weaken cities, make it difficult for us to in novative business leadership that has resulted fact survive as a country.... The Left in October 4, 1989, into the CONGRESSIONAL America is to blame for most of the current in SCI Systems growing from a three-man op­ RECORD. major diseases which have struck this socie­ eration to one of our country's multinational One of the tough questions facing the ty." Fortune 500 sized companies. I am proud to Congress is how our public lands should be For a time-two years in the mid-60's-I have Olin King as one of my constituents. managed. Most Americans agree that our was one of the disease carriers. I worked at Since first coming to Huntsville, AL, in 1957, nation must both develop and protect its OEO, mostly carrying suitcases for Sargent Olin King has contributed greatly to the area's natural resources, but striking a balance be­ Shriver, its first director and today a man development as a center of science and in­ tween those goals has never been easy. beloved by all those who worked, or still dustry and to our Nation's progress in elec­ While current debate focuses largely on work, in the life-enhancing programs he in­ tronics and aerospace technologies. Working public lands in the Western states, the issue spired and ran. Maybe I'm not objective­ affects us in Indiana and across the nation the suitcases were always light and Shriver first as an engineering manager at the Army as well. ever warmhearted-but what other public Ballistic Missile Command and later as part of Over 600 million acres in the United official in the past 25 years has seen so the original team at NASA's Marshall Space States are owned by federal land manage­ many of his own pro-people programs touch Flight Center, Olin King decided to return to ment agencies, or about 25% of the nation's October 4, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23305 2.2 billion acres. These lands are concentrat­ the country and the spotted owl which is de­ parent acquiescence or collusion of elements ed in the West, including over 75% of both pendent on those woods. Environmental of the Colombian military with such violence. Alaska and Nevada but less than 3% of Indi­ groups have won early court battles which I urge my colleagues to take the time to ana. The Bureau of Land Management have crippled timber sales in the region, and the Forest Service manage the shutting down more than half the region's read this excellent article, which follows: majority of these lands under a concept federal timber sales and causing painful job [From the Los Angeles Times, Aug. 31, known as "multiple use"-allowing for a losses. 1989] combination of mining, logging, grazing, oil In Indiana, Hoosiers have been debating WILL COLOMBIA STAND UP TO PARAMILITARY? and gas development, hunting, and recrea­ for years the final shape of a management tion. These lands provide 20% of our com­ plan for the Hoosier National Forest. While mercial timber, 33% of our coal, and up to the participants in the process are Hoosiers, The assassination of Sen. Luis Carlos 50% of our onshore oil and gas reserves. the major issues are national-how much Galan hit in a nerve in Colombian society, Only 80 million acres of federal land are land should be harvested and how much and the courageous response of the people protected as national parks-such as Yellow­ protected? The long negotiation process is and the government deserves applause. For stone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon­ slowly working toward some compromises, it is political will, not military might, that where such development activities as mining such as reductions in the acreage available ultimately will determine whether Colombia and logging are prohibited. And scattered for harvest and changes in harvest methods. will rid itself of the cocaine cartel. throughout national parks, forests, wildlife There is no black-or-white solution to Since the murder of Galan, one of the refuges, and BLM lands are 90 million acres these debates. The Congress may consider country's most outspoken anti-drug politi­ of pristine wilderness, where no roads, vehi­ measures to overhaul mining and grazing cians, the government has made thousands cles, or structures are permitted. laws-efforts to ensure that public resources of arrests and expropriated millions in drug­ Questions abound about management of are economically harvested. Yet on the financed property. But the Colombian secu­ federal lands. How much access should the larger question of balancing land uses, no rity forces have yet to confront the military public have to public lands? Should the fed­ recipe exists. The Congress will likely con­ arm of the traffickers, the paramilitary eral government own over half of Utah and tinue to examine each land debate in a structure that sustains the political and Idaho and over three-quarters of Alaska and piecemeal fashion. In each case, the Con­ drug-related violence in the country. Nevada? How much land should be put into gress will confront questions of dwindling According to the government, there are commercial production and how much saved natural resources-can we afford either to more than 140 paramilitary organizations, for future generations? Are we threatening close off lands to development or to lose un­ most of which are organized and financed wildlife and habitats by allowing mining, touched lands which cannot be replaced? by traffickers. Operating like death squads drilling, and logging projects next to nation­ How we manage public lands goes to the but with the weaponry of mini-armies, they al parks? Does multiple-use management heart of America's history and to its future. defend the drug lords' interests. These give too much discretion to land manage­ Our country was created out of the wilder­ extend beyond narcotics to politics. ment bureaucracies? Can park managers ness and made prosperous from harnessing Rabid anti-communists, the traffickers cope with the large increase in visitors as its riches. Now, the economics of the coun­ have united with landowners and other tra­ federal funds dwindle? Many also question try are shifting. The resources industries ditional cities to protect their common eco­ why the government reportedly fails to re­ which depend on the use of the land remain nomic interests against guerrilla groups and cover the expenses incurred in managing its important, but tourism and recreation the growing demands for political and eco­ lands. An estimated $500 million is lost, for which depend on the preservation of the nomic reforms by poorer sectors of the pop­ example, on timber sales each year from na­ land are growing. My sense is that, while de­ ulations. Supporting the alliance are mem­ tional forests, since building and maintain­ velopment is sometimes appropriate, we bers of the Colombian security forces who ing roads for loggers can cost more than should try to preserve fragile lands. It is resort to paramilitary activity for profit or they pay to harvest the logs. Similar losses worth keeping some of our lands untouched out of frustration with the inability to win also occur under federal grazing and mining so that we and future generations will see the 30-year battle against guerrilla insur­ programs. the land that nurtured the nation. We will gencies. The net result is a "marriage of The greatest debate centers on the extent certainly see increasing pressures to develop convenience" in certain areas of the country the government should restrict development those lands. Saying no to development be­ between the traffickers and other landown­ to protect environmentally important lands. comes harder to do and to afford. But wil­ ers and members of the military and police At issue is whether, when, and how much derness once developed can never be re­ forces, all of whom are bent on eliminating we value undeveloped and unexploited lands gained. Although no consensus exists among "subversive elements." and their riches. While federal laws require the public or the government on the man­ The paramilitary activity stemming from both the preservation of natural resources agement of public lands, we know that the this "marriage" has displaced guerrillas and their commercial use, they do not offer decisions we make now will affect the land from areas ·where they have enjoyed sub­ a ready formula for balancing the two. profoundly. stantial popular support, such as the middle Many argue that the economic benefits for Magdalena agricultural region. However, local communities and the nation of devel­ more often than not, the targets of violence oping public lands far outweigh the value of PROBLEMS WITH UNITED are Colombia's growing nonviolent forces, preserving them unimpaired. Others argue STATES NARCOTICS AID FOR such as civic movements, peasant and labor that preserving wilderness and other rem­ COLOMBIA unions and a newly formed political party, nants of the American frontier protects the Patriotic Union. Last year there were water sources, wildlife, and recreation areas, 2, 738 political assassinations, including 82 while providing an important link to Ameri­ HON. GEO. W. CROCKETT, JR. massacres (killings in groups of four or ca's past. The Reagan Administration is more civilians), the vast majority of which largely seen as having tilted toward develop­ OF MICHIGAN were carried out by death squads or "hit ment. While President Bush has received IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES men" trained by them. The murder of Sen. high marks for his rhetoric in support of en­ Galan was just one of more than 1,000 polit­ vironmental protection, his choice of land Wednesday, October 4, 1989 ical killings this year. management officials and his commitment Mr. CROCKETI. Mr. Speaker, as we launch Colombian government investigators and to oil drilling proposals concern many. an extensive program of military aid to Colom­ human-rights activists have compiled signif­ The Congress is now focusing on land bat­ icant evidence implicating members of the tles in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. bia for the purpose of aiding Colombia's war military and police in paramilitary activity. President Bush advocates opening up 1.5 on the narcotics traffickers, it is important to One of the most highly publicized cases oc­ million acres of Alaska's Arctic National realize that the Colombian military itself has curred in March, 1988, when gunmen raided Wildlife Refuge-the only undeveloped links with the paramilitary organizations that two banana farms in the Uraba region, kill­ Arctic coastline-where there is an estimat­ form the traffickers' private army. We ignore ing 22 union leaders. The investigation by ed one-in-five chance of finding a major oil this fact at our peril, because we might end up the Colombian equivalent of the FBI led to field. Opponents of drilling argue that the aiding "the very forces we are trying to the indictment that September of two well­ pristine land, supporting one of the largest combat." known drug traffickers, three military offi­ caribou herds left in the world, should not Such is the conclusion of Coletta Youngers cials, a police lieutenant, a mayor and be damaged for the sake of short-term oil others. After presenting her report on the supply. In Washington and Oregon, the log­ of the Washington Office on Latin America. In massacre, the judge presiding over the case ging industry is pitted against environmen­ a recent op-ed piece for the Los Angeles fled the country because of death threats. talists who want to save the remnants of the Times, Ms. Youngers analyzes the problem of Her father was recently killed, apparently original forests that once covered much of paramilitary violence in Colombia and the ap- in retribution for her brave actions. 23306 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October #., 1989 Perhaps evidence such as this provides a inadequate to answer my questions and, of I have included in the fiscal year 1990 clue as to why the Colombian security greater importance, because the initial GAO budget a $26,000 allocation to begin the proc­ forces have yet to raid the paramilitary or­ review process had raised additional ques­ ess of outside accreditation. I intend to fight gantzations' geographical base, Puerto tions involving the training of candidates once Boyaca in the middle Magdalena region. for these funds in the upcoming House­ Since Galan's death, there has not been one they were selected by the initial testing proc­ Senate Conference Committee, based on the direct confrontation between the military ess. For that reason, I was pleased to extend urgency of the current situation as outlined by and a paramilitary group anywhere in the the time of reporting in the interest of thor­ the GAO in this preliminary report to me. country, nor have there been any attempts oughness. But the bottom line is that we cannot re­ to raid the highly publicized paramilitary Because my initial request for review was quire the District to accept this allocation, training schools. In fact, within the range of based on the number of qualified officers on which specifically requires an outside accredi­ measures being implemented, the paramili­ the street, not merely the initial testing and tation process conducted by a nationally rec­ tary issue is conspicuously absent. Until the selection process, I believe our main concern ognized review organization. paramilitary groups are confronted directly, must be with training procedures, rather than drug traffickers will continue to wage their I believe that recent news reports and the "total war" on the Colombian government initial entrance to the Police Academy for a GAO findings strongly indicate the need for and society. number of reasons. credibility that can only come from an inde­ While the Colombian government's recent Among them, the overwhelming need for pendent accreditation process. efforts to curb drug trafficking must be uniformed officers in the District will, in and of In addition, and perhaps of greater impor­ taken in good faith, the Colombian military itself, dictate that no qualified individual will be tance, the GAO preliminary findings raise seri­ has yet to show the political will to engage turned away. ous questions about the way instructors are in battle with the traffickers paramilitary Also, questions involving ranking proce­ selected. No one can say today that the qual­ arm. The U.S. government, having declared dures, as addressed in the GAO preliminary a "war on drugs," has steadily militarized its ity of instruction is either good or bad, be­ anti-narcotics programs overseas and is al­ report provided to me today, will be helpful to cause there is no apparent rationale for deci­ ready providing Colombia with significant those Members of Congress and D.C. govern­ sion-making. levels of military assistance under the anti­ ment officials engaged in this on-going I am therefore calling for a full review of in­ narcotics rubric. Now it is sending $65 mil­ debate, but are not the main issue in my mind. structor selection and qualifications, either as lion more, along with U.S. military advisers My most pressing argument for increased part of the accreditation process or prior to its to provide "technical assistance." Yet until emphasis on training rather than initial selec­ inception, but immediately in either case. the Colombian military proves its willing­ tion is one of common sense. Anyone who ness to clean up its own house and to rid the The fact is that the officers going through has taken the college entrance exam knows the Academy today will be the future leaders nation of paramilitary violence, such aid that a good score will provide an initial oppor­ will only serve to exacerbate domestic politi­ of tomorrow's District police force. cal conflict. Ironically, in the end it may aid tunity for higher education, but is no guaran­ Finger pointing and Monday morning quar­ the very forces we are trying to combat. tee that a candidate will eventually receive a terbacking at this point are a waste of time. At degree. the same time, I appreciate the efforts of I urge a full review by my colleagues of the D.C. POLICE TRAINING countless people who believe as I do that we findings of this preliminary GAO report, but I face a crisis now, not 6 months or a year from will focus my efforts on the training issue. now. HON. DEAN A. GALLO Specifically, the GAO found that procedures The question should not be where have we OF NEW JERSEY and requirements at the D.C. Police Academy been, the question should be where do we go IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have fluctuated greatly in recent years, but from here? that no documentation exists to justify the Wednesday, October 4, 1989 I have asked the General Accounting Office changes that have been made. to complete work on its preliminary findings Mr. GALLO. Mr. Speaker, on March 24 of For instance, the GAO found: and provide me with a final report. this year, I requested a review by the General The number of hours of classroom instruc­ Although the final report is not expected to Accounting Office of compliance with title I of tion have varied from 927 hours to 450 hours, be completed until late spring or early summer the District of Columbia. Appropriations Act of with the current requirement set as 653 hours. of 1990, I am satisfied that the preliminary 1989, which barred the use of Federal funds The reason for the fluctuation is undocument­ report provides the District government with for all District operations until the D.C. govern­ ed, but could be due to factors such as need incentives to proceed with a definite course of ment certified that the number of adequately for additional officers on the streets, a lack of action. I am hopeful that, by the time the final trained, full-time uniformed officers available qualified instructors or other causes. report is issued, most of these concerns will for duty was at least 3,880 persons. The number of courses that a candidate already have been addressed. As a former local official, I understand the can fail and still remain at the Academy has necessity of providing protection of the public varied from 3 to 5, with no justification or indi­ health and safety. I am committed to the idea, cation as to who within the D.C. government that the keystone of that public responsibility made the policy decision. is an adequate number of trained profession­ The comprehensive exam required for grad­ als on the front lines of our struggle against uation has been waved without justification or TRYING TO "UNSCRAMBLE" crime and lawlessness-the uniformed officer documentation at various times, allowing SOVIETS' EGGS must be prepared to deal with the street. whole classes of candidates to become police While recruiting and initial screening of can­ officers without taking the exam. HON. HARRY A. JOHNSTON II didates for the Metropolitan Police Depart­ Academy applicants are allowed to take en­ ment are important components in this overall trance exams an unlimited number of times OF FLORIDA process, my concern has been, and continues until they pass, yet no records are kept as to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to be, with the entire process that prepares the number of times that individual applicants Wednesday, October 4, 1989 these young men and women for the duties have been tested. Although copies of the Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I and responsibilities that they will face on a tests were not available to the GAO, the de­ am pleased to submit for the RECORD the re­ daily basis on the streets of our Nation's Cap­ velopers of the test confirm that only six ques­ marks of Mr. Arthur Burck of Palm Beach, FL, ital. tions have been changed in recent years, sug­ that appeared recently in the Palm Beach In March, I provided the GAO with a list of gesting that repeated test-taking could allow Post. Mr. Burck frequently comments on the questions that focused on the issue of compli­ applicants to pass by trial and error. changes in our global balance of power and ance with the 1989 Appropriations Act. Initial­ I believe that the most disturbing GAO find­ ideology: ly, we were looking at completion of the pre­ ing is the total lack of documentation support­ liminary report by midsummer. ing decisions and the complete breakdown of TRYING TO "UNSCRAMBLE" SOVIETS' EGGs In July, I was asked by the GAO review record-keeping concerning how decisions are team for additional time to complete its work, made within the chain of command. If every­ The recent triumphant tour of President because existing District record-keeping was one is in charge, then no one is in charge. Bush through Poland and Hungary has ig~ October 4, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23307 nited hope for freedom among the commu­ HONORING THE CENTENNIAL OF The early years were hard for the young nist satellite nations of Central and Eastern PIKEVILLE COLLEGE school. Poor roads, a lack of funds to pay Europe. teachers, and several outbreaks of typhoid all But just as the recent student uprising in worked against the dedicated teachers and Beijing's Tiananmen Square raised world­ HON. CARL C. PERKINS principals who worked in those years to make wide hope for democracy that turned out to OF KENTUCKY the school succeed. But succeed they did, be most premature, we must now restrain our expectations. The removal of the com­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and today Pikeville College is in its most munist yoke, especially in its economic im­ Wednesday, October 4, 1989 secure position ever as it prepares for its plications, is likely to be a slow process, one second century of service. Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker, on October 19, I know that the Members of the House will that may well be prolonged for many dec­ 1989, Pikeville College in my home district of ades. join me in congratulating Pikeville College on I have been mulling these problems since eastern Kentucky will celebrate its centennial, the event of its centennial, and in wishing it last October when we cruised the Danube marking 100 years of service to the education well in the years to come. River on a Soviet river boat. As a conse­ of our region. quence of what we observed throughout the Pikeville College was founded in 1889 as Balkans, I then predicted the "beginning of the Pikeville Collegiate Institute, an academy A TRIBUTE TO JAMES the end of communism in Eastern Europe." for grades 1 through 12. Preparatory classes MEADLOCK for teachers were added later, and by 1921, THE BEGINlHNG OF AN END Pikeville College was offering junior college HON. RONNIE G. FUPPO In 1945, I also witnessed the beginning of courses at its Pikeville campus. The first 4- OF ALABAMA the end of the independence of these very year baccalaureate degrees were awarded in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES same nations that were then occupied or lib­ 1957, the same year that the high school erated by Soviet armies. Convinced that the courses were phased out. Wednesday, October 4, 1989 permanence of any post war peace hinged Today, Pikeville College is a thriving liberal Mr. FLIPPO. Mr. Speaker, I am very happy on what happened to these occupied na­ arts college with 938 students and 50 faculty tions, then-Sen. Claude Pepper embarked on to pay tribute today to James Meadlock, and a five-week investigative tour of these na­ members. Its graduates are accepted to some his outstanding work as an entrepreneur in tions. The U.S. Army had ordered me, an of the top graduate and professional schools, the field of interactive computer graphics. Army captain stationed in Rome awaiting and many of eastern Kentucky's leading citi­ James Meadlock is a founder, president, return to my civilian position as a Wall zens are Pikeville College alumni, including and chairman of the board of lntergraph Street lawyer, to assist Sen. Pepper as a spe­ State Senator Benny Ray Bailey, State Repre­ Corp., one of Alabama's home-grown "For­ cial aide. sentative N. Clayton Little, and Pikeville Mayor tune 500" companies. James Meadlock has There was nothing that could dissuade William C. Hambley. been a pioneer in designing, manufacturing, the U.S.S.R. from dominating these nations. More than half of Pikeville College's stu­ marketing, and supporting interactive comput­ Soon thereafter the Soviets "scrambled dents are adults who have spent several er graphics systems for design, engineering, the egg" of each of these nations by setting years in the work force of raising families, and and mapping applications. up a communist dictatorship of the govern­ have now returned to school in an effort to James Meadlock is a leader in the continu­ ment and by confiscating all industry and improve their own education. Many of them ing growth of Huntsville as a center for high­ other private property, placing ownership in would be unable to attend college if it were tech computer science and industry. He has the state. not located near their home communities. contributed greatly to making the city of Now, the $64 question that is beginning to confront these nations is: How do we "un­ Kentucky has one of the Nation's lowest Huntsville a better place to live and work. I am scramble the egg"? levels of adult educational attainment, and the proud to have James Meadlock as one of my Just as the Achilles heel of the Soviet service that Pikeville College offers to these constituents. Union is its stagnating economy, the satel­ returning adult students will go a long way Originally a native of North Carolina, James lite nations face the same problem: bureau­ toward righting that terrible wrong. Meadlock attended North Carolina State Uni­ cratic state-owned industries that do not Pikeville College is in the midst of its versity where he received a degree in electri­ function efficiently. Second Century Fund drive, which will provide cal engineering. During 12% years of work for a new library and badly needed parking fa­ with IBM, he made major contributions to MIND-BOGGLING TRANSITION cility on campus, as well as a larger endow­ America's historic achievements in missile Indeed, the transition from a communist ment and an increased annual operating guidance and space systems technologies. economy to a capitalist economy presents budget. This Second Century Fund will help to James Meadlock worked to make America's mind-boggling problems. Only one thing is position Pikeville College to continue its serv­ dreams of space exploration a reality. He was certain: the transition will take much longer ice to eastern Kentucky for yet another 100 responsible for the software system that was than anyone imagines. years. used to guide and control the Titan II Missile Remember that there is negligible private The educational opportunities offered by System. In addition, he developed all software capital in communist countries. I suspect, however, that underground assets are much Pikeville College of today are far different than that was used on the Saturn Launch Vehicle greater than expected. There may be ways what awaited young eastern Kentuckians for guidance and control of the vehicle and all of mfnimfzfng the problem through leasing before its founding. of the check-out software that was used prior arrangements and loans, but it is slow and In the early 1880's, Dr. William C. Condit of to launch to test the readiness of the vehicle cumbersome. Ashland was sent by the Ebenezer Presbytery in flight. Perhaps early solutions can come if most to prospect for Presbyterianism in the moun­ In 1969, James Meadlock became one of free nations band together to launch a tains, to determine the need for churches the founders of M&S Computing, the company worldwide Marshall Plan to rescue the there. Dr. Condit returned to Ashland dis­ which was renamed lntergraph Corp. in 1980 economies of the stagnant socialist-commu­ tressed by the lack of both churches and to better reflect its ground-breaking work in nist world. But can we do so without also schools in the region. "I made my report to interactive graphics. His work in this area was coming to the aid of the present Third the Presbytery," he wrote later, "recommend­ recognized by the U.S. Congressional Caucus World countries in Latin America, Africa ing that we attempt to establish schools and for Science and Technology in 1985 when he and Asia? churches together in the mountain communi­ was awarded a Congressional High Technolo­ And how will our own industries react when they find difficulty in competing with ties." gy Award for outstanding contributions to the new low-wage countries subsidized by our Condit and two other Presbyterian ministers, advancement of science and technology. In largess? Dr. James Hendrick and the Reverend Samuel 1987, James Meadlock was named Executive In sum, any way one looks at the problems B. Alderson, selected Pikeville as the best site of the Year by the National Computer Graph­ that lie ahead, we must come to the conclu­ for such a combination, and in 1883, the First ics Association. sion that, despite current enthusiasm gener­ Presbyterian Church of Pikeville was founded, Under James Meadlock's leadership Inter­ ated by the Bush visit, effective solutions followed 6 years later, in 1889, by the Pikeville graph Corp. has become the U.S. Govern­ will be remote. Collegiate Institute. ment's leading supplier of interactive comput- 23308 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 4, 1989 er graphics systems. Serving both defense safe haven in Cairo and allowing them to tration. Even if there was no direct part in and civilian needs, lntergraph systems are launch attacks against Israel from its the resolving of the problem on your part used by local, regional, and national services border. Since October 1987 there have been the fact that you were there to give me at least six such attempts to infiltrate Israel and agencies worldwide. lntergraph Corp. is some encouragement and advice was cer­ by use of Egyptian territory. tainly comforting. You helped to give per­ now one of the Huntsville area's largest em­ In addition to cross-border terrorism, spective that I did not have and could not ployers. Egypt has been the site of the assassination have achieved elsewhere at so "little" cost. James Meadlock and his innovative work at of Israeli citizens. In June 1984, Egyptian I would also like to put on paper my feel­ lntergraph Corp. have placed Huntsville on terrorists shot Israeli diplomat Zvi Kedar. ings about the people at the local office of the cutting edge of this exciting new technolo­ In September of 1985, seven Israeli tourists the Social Security office. With no excep­ gy. The people of Huntsville are fortunate to were killed by an Egyptian soldier. In tion they were polite, tolerant WES WATKINS Within 9 years he earned a B.A. from Colum­ early 1920s, he referred to Warren G. Har­ bia University and 6 years later he obtained ding as that "ideal type of genuine Ameri­ OF OKLAHOMA his Ph.D. from the University of Berlin. He can," which looks a little odd today. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES became a professor of electronics at Colum­ But he accomplished much. No other dis­ Wednesday, October 4, 1989 bia, and during his tenure, he continually pur­ covery in his lifetime had aroused quite so sued improved technology in America. Profes­ much interest as that of the X-rays, and he Mr. WATKINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sor Pupin received a total of 34 patents for his was in the vanguard of their use. He was at pay tribute and homage to a longtime member that time the only physicist in the United of my staff-Charles Marion Cooper. Charley inventions and won the 1924 Pulitzer Prize in States who has any experience with vacuum biography for his work "From Immigrant to In­ passed from this life late yesterday evening at tubes, and so when Roentgen's discovery the age of 63 years old. For those who did ventor." was first announced, Pupin was better pre­ I include an article about this important pared than anyone else on this side of the not know Charley, they missed a rare opportu­ American reprinted from the November 29, Atlantic to repeat it. On Jan. 2, 1896, he nity, for he was a rare breed. He was part of 1981 Buffalo Courier-Express. made the first X-ray photograph in Amer­ the last of an era-an old-time newspaper­ ica. man. MICHAEL PuPIN, FROM IMMIGRANT TO Soon thereafter, Dr. William T. Bull, a Charley was more than a staffer, he was a INvENTOR surgeon of great gifts, brought to Pupin a trusted personal friend. He was not only a [Reprinted from Buffalo Courier-Express, distinguished lawyer named Prescott Hall Sunday, November 29, 19811 great writer and staff member but a fine father Butler. Butler had received a full shotgun figure to the staff. And, I might add, Charley When he got off the ship at Castle charge in his hand in a hunting accident Garden in 1874, a 16-year-old boy from and was in considerable pain. was someone that you considered as a Serbia had five cents in his pocket. Unable Pupin realized that the patient would not second ad or brother, if you will. He never to resist a piece of prune pie, prunes being a be able to stand the exposure of nearly an met a stranger. Serbian delicacy, he invested his nickel in it, hour which X-ray photography then re­ As part of this great institution we call the only to discover that the prunes consisted quired. But his good friend Thomas Edison House of Representatives, Charley embodied 23310 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 4, 1989 that which we find so important-institutional H.R. 3030, the Dingeii-Lent clean air bill pro­ ances and give rate relief to customers; the knowledge. Charley Cooper worked in two gu­ posed by President Bush, questions will be unpredictable value of allowances in later bernatorial, two senatorial, and three congres­ raised concerning a very important element of years as the supply increases; and the pool of sional campaigns. He lobbied for not only free that package, the postcompliance cap on allowances that will be created by the incen­ markets but fair markets in petroleum and ag­ some emissions. tives for cost-effective reductions by the in­ riculture. As EPA Administrator William Reilly recently dustrial sector. For 6 years he served as special assistant told the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Mr. Speaker, I note with interest the efforts and press secretary, and administrative assist­ it would be very difficult to view H.R. 3030 as by several of my colleagues to eliminate arbi­ ant in my office. He headed former Oklahoma an adequate, definitive solution to the acid trary inequities under the proposed cap, and Representative Clem McSpadden's office rain problem if, as some propose, this environ­ ensure its workability. The House Working when the powerful Congressional Rural mental safeguard is dropped. In fact, it is the Group on Acid Rain, which I cochair, looks Caucus was formed. acide emissions cap of H.R. 3030 which forward to working with them in the pursuit of He was an effective champion of rural Okla­ makes that bill superior to H.R. 1470. balanced environmental and energy policy. homa. Those who knew him considered him a The cap language in H.R. 3030 deserves But obviously, there are numerous econom­ humorist and philosopher that could always be careful study and, if necessary, fine tuning. I ic and environmental benefits to the proposed counted on for wisdom, advice, and counsel. don't profess to have all the answers on this acid emissions cap which merit our consider­ No doubt, if Charley were here today he one. But before giving any consideration to ation before any efforts are made to eliminate would weave his wisdom into a good story. He eliminating the cap, we should all recognize it it. was always good for at least one if not two for what it is-good environmental, energy, stories at any sitting. and economic policy. Here's why: In an 18-year news career in Oklahoma, First. Without a cap, our multibillion-dollar Charley served as the editor of the Pryor Daily national investment in acid rain controls could, Times and worked for newpapers at Temple, over time, erode away. The Environmental Anadarko, and Antlers. Together with his wife, Protection Agency forecasts up to a 20-per­ ST. PETER'S CHURCH CELE­ Allene Bary-Cooper, an artist-writer-photogra­ cent erosion in emission reductions by 201 0 BRATES ITS 150TH ANNIVERSA­ pher, he produced "The Homeplace: A Gath­ without the safeguard of a cap. Such erosion RY ering of Voices," a coffeetable book on rural would be a tragic, frustrating result for every­ America. one. HON. RICHARD J. DURBIN A Capital correspondent for World Oil, he Second. The acid emissions cap is intimate­ was a Washington lobbyist/writer/public rela­ ly linked to the trading allowed under the Bush OF ILLINOIS tions director for the Independent Petroleum proposal. Inter-regional trading without a cap IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Association of America, 1975-77. He served shortchanges the environment; a tight emis­ Wednesday, October 4, 1989 as public relations director 1981-83 for the sions limit without trading is needlessly costly American agriculture movement and was the to electric consumers. The integrity of the Mr. DURBIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to con­ free-lance associate editor of the AAM Re­ emissions market breaks down without the gratulate St. Peter's Catholic Church in porter at the time of his death. He was a cap. Quincy, Ill, on its 150th anniversary celebra­ board member of the American Family Farm Third. The cap will lead to a long overdue tion. The church has sponsored a series of Foundation. emphasis in energy policy on efficiency and special events over the past 6 months to In Oklahoma, he helped expose the 1964- conservation. According to the Center for mark the event, and is holding a grand ban­ 65 asphalt price-fixing case that led to court Clean Air Policy Analysis, the efficiency en­ quet on Wednesday, Oct. 11. judgments for the State while working for the couraged by a cap could: Halve cost impacts St. Peter's parish has 1,108 families, and a Oklahoma Good Roads and Streets Associa­ in States most-affected; reduce the need for total of 3,200 parishioners-the largest in the tion. costly new powerplants; enhance energy inde­ city. St. Peter's School also is the largest pa­ Candidates that he advised were U.S. Sena­ pendence and industrial competitiveness rela­ rochial grade school in Quincy, with 338 stu­ tor Fred R. Harris, U.S. Representative Toby tive to Japan and Europe; spur new technol­ dents in grades K through eight. Morris, Ed Edmondson and Clem McSpadden, ogies; and lower emissions of carbon dioxide, The church has a long and illustrious histo­ Oklahoma Attorney General Larry Derryberry which contributes to global warming. ry. The parish was founded June 13, 1839, on and Keith Cartwright, Preston Moore, and Fourth. The cap-and-trading scheme cre­ the southwest comer of Eighth and Maine Clyde A. Wheeler, Jr. ates a form of cost-sharing requiring no new Streets in Quincy. The original church was He served two active duty tours in the Navy, taxes or Federal subsidies. No matter what was commander of two American Legion built for the city's English-speaking Irish kind of plan is devised, the costs of acid rain Catholics, who until then had been served posts, was a Mason, and earned a college controls will be felt throughout the national degree in Texas. only by visiting missionaries and a German­ economy. So which is better: A fee imposed speaking priest assigned to St. Boniface As so often Charley wrote in floor state­ on utilities regardless of their contribution to ments for me on occasions such as this one, I Church. the problem or their own cleanup require­ The church was renamed for Saint Peter in want to close with one of his favorites and ments; or a system based on who can afford 1863. Tragically, a tornado demolished the Charley, I think it applies-"well done thou to pay for the largest, most cost-effective re­ building on April 12, 1945, and parishioners good and faithful servant." You will be missed ductions? Utilities who make such reductions by the staff and all that knew you. The world, can sell excess allowances to others who subsequently rebuilt the church at its present the Congress, the State of Oklahoma, and nu­ cannot. site on 25th and Maine. A rectory and convent merous individuals are better off having opened in 1967, a school for the handicapped Fifth. The cap is compatible with economic known Charles Marion Cooper. growth. The record from 1973 to 1987 demon­ and the St. Peter Holy Children pre-school strates that America can enjoy economic were opened just last year. SEVEN REASONS WHY THE growth and increase coal utilization even as One of the major forces in the early days of BUSH ACID EMISSIONS CAP IS acid emissions decline. H.R. 3030 guarantees the church was Father Peter McGirr, appoint­ A GOOD IDEA emissions will drop faster to environmentally ed pastor in 1862, who oversaw a large ex­ acceptable levels and, with the cap, stay there pansion of the church and school. It was Rev­ well into a distant and uncertain future. erend McGirr who welcomed into the parish a HON. SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT runaway slave, Augustine Tolton, who later OF NEW YORK Sixth. State public utility commissions [PUC's] should appreciate the cap's benefit of entered the seminary and went on to become IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES all electric consumers. the first black priest in the United States. Wednesday, October 4, 1989 Seventh. Several factors will effectively dis­ Mr. Speaker, I salute the parishioners and Mr. BOEHLERT. Mr. Speaker, as the courage hoarding of pollution allowances: paster of St. Peter's the Rev. Roy Bauer, on Energy and Commerce Committee considers Pressure from State PUC's to sell the allow- the 150th anniversarY of their church. October 4, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23311 CELEBRATING NATIONAL STAND UP FOR THE CHILDREN to Cash Hauley and Chuck Shipley, former ex­ CHILDREN'S DAY ecutive directors of the association, the retail HON. CUFF STEARNS gasoline dealers have been well served. HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS OF FLORIDA Currently, President Philip Bucalo, a Livonia IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Shell dealer, Executive Director Daniel Loepp, OF PENNSYLVANIA and the entire SSDA board are working hard Wednesday, October 4, 1989 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to represent dealers' interests on a number of Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to important issues including franchises, small Wednesday, October 4, 1989 take this opportunity to turn our attention to business, and the environment. Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, I want to draw the an issue which is close to all of our hearts­ Once again, congratulations to the Service attention of my colleagues to a very special our Nation's children. Station Dealers Association of Michigan on young person in my congressional district. I am inserting into the RECORD here the the 60th anniversary of this fine organization. I Frieda Dyson is a high school senior from lyrics to a song written and produced by two am sure the next 60 years will see the SSDA Harrisburg, PA, who was selected to represent constituents of mine in Ocala, FL, which says continuing in its fine tradition of serving the the State this week in Washington as a child beautifully that it is our duty and responsibility gasoline dealers of the State of Michigan. ambassador. Frieda, and other child ambassa­ to care for and care about the children of the dors from around the country are here to cele­ world. Their rights to a future that is safe, free, and healthy should be a priority to all of us, TIME TO FIGHT BACK IN OUR brate National Children's Day with a series of NATION'S CITIES events intended to call attention to the state and I applaud the efforts of Robin MacBiane of our Nation's children. The ambassadors are and Larry Whitler to bring attention to this im­ HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL helping Congress to focus on the positive portant goal. Their song "Stand Up for the Children" is a wonderful tribute to their com­ OF NEW YORK possibilities open to young Americans, as well mitment, and I am proud to share it with you as to consider the pressing needs and prob­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES today. lems facing our youth. Wednesday, October 4, 1989 The ambassadors testified yesterday before STAND UP FOR THE CHILDREN (Lyrics and music by Larry Whitler) Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, regardless of the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and how many national drug strategies and drug Families and the Budget Committee Task A child's smile A child's laughter in the air bills we produce in the Congress and the ex­ Force on Human Resources. Their unique in­ Is the most beautiful song I'll ever hear ecutive branch, the war on drugs will not be sight and experience was both moving and in­ But this world is cruel won without grassroots involvement and sup­ spirational. And we've got to port from the American people. The testimony of my constituent, Frieda, fo­ Stand up for the children The National League of Cities has been in­ cused on the importance of teens rising above Teach them how to fight volved in recent years in fighting the drug war peer pressure to stay away from drugs. Frieda Let them know you stand behind them on our local government front. The National knows a great deal about such inner strength. Let them know they have a right League of Cities has been instrumental in She lived in foster homes for the first 8 years To a free world forging a productive, working relationship of her life; yet Frieda has been able to over­ A safe world among the chief executives who run our Na­ A clean world come this difficult start. She is president of A drug free world, oh God tion's communities; a relationship that has led her senior class at the Harrisburg Academy, If I do anything to a healthy exchange of ideas and strategies she tutors disadvantaged children after Let me stand up for the children of the to combat the drug crisis in America's major school, she aspires to be a writer, and is an world cities. Consequently, we have witnessed are­ articulate spokesperson on saying no to A child rests birth of grassroots warriors, lending hope to drugs. Needless to say, I am extremely proud His little head upon my shoulder the cause of a drug-free America. to have this young lady in the 17th Congres­ And with each breath I feel upon my ear In order to help carry forward with this sional District. I melt inside noble effort and continue the work being done I would like to take this opportunity to share I melt inside by the National League of Cities, I am intro­ with my colleagues a segment of Frieda's tes­ A young girl strives ducing today a House joint resolution to com­ timony from yesterday's hearing: To do her best with all her talents memorate December 3-9, 1989, as "National And there's a beautiful look within her eyes Cities Fight Back Against Drugs Week." It is Children are malleable and impression­ As she sees her mom and dad applauding able. We are open to a lot of stresses and are during this week, Mr. Speaker, that the Na­ vulnerable, but the reverse is true too. We tional League of Cities hopes to shine the are open to positive influences if they are SIXTY YEARS OF SERVICE TO public spotlight on the important antidrug ef­ made available to us; we need adult influ­ MICHIGAN'S GASOLINE DEALERS forts taking place within our cities. We hope to ences that are positive. More environmental inspire those who are working in the trenches emphasis needs to be focused on strengthen­ to continue their work, and those who are ing family units, stable homes and contin­ HON. JOHN D. DINGELL ued support will, over time, decrease drug OF MICHIGAN standing on the sidelines will be persuaded, usage rates among my peers. For further IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES we hope, to join in on the action. significant positive changes to occur there This special resolution is more than just a needs to be communication and cooperation Wednesday, October 4, 1989 symbolic effort. The passage of this House between the youth of America and the lead­ Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to resolution, Mr. Speaker, would bring about ers-the educators and the parents. pay tribute to the Service Station Dealers As­ direct action and noticeable results in the war In conclusion, only through joint efforts sociation of Michigan. Established in 1929 as on drugs, through the scheduling of a variety on all levels and spheres of influence will the Retail Gasoline Dealers Association of of events in communities throughout the coun­ the situation brighten. We, the youth of Michigan, this organization is currently cele­ try. Churches, civic groups, law enforcement America, are looking to you, the present leaders, not necessarily for the answers to brating its 60th anniversary. agencies and educators, parents and young the drug crisis, but for your continued For 60 years the SSDA has been in the people will be joining forces to let the drug pledged commitment to us. As it has been business of promoting and protecting the in­ traffickers know that we are not going to give said many times-we are the future and terests of Michigan's gasoline retailers. It rep­ up the reins on our communities. We must let even more so, we are the present. We need resents over 1,000 dealers and their families them know that we are united in our stand your help and your concentrated efforts in the areas of oil company-dealer relation­ against the pervasiveness of these poisons in here and now. ships, health and liability insurance, credit our society. Mr. Speaker, it is when I have the privilege cards, and other dealer-related activities. Our cities have been devastated by the war of meeting young people like Frieda Dyson, I From its inception in 1929, the association on drugs. Entire communities are being held become more certain than ever that America has been a leader for the dealers of Michigan. hostage by drug dealers and their agents who is in good hands. From "Gasoline Lil," a noted SSDA lobbyist, conduct their heinous trade with no regard for 23312 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 4, 1989 human life and the law. An entire generation THE FORESTRY AMENDMENT THANKS TO LIVERMORE'S of youth in our inner cities stands on the brink TO INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS MAYOR: DALE TURNER of being lost for the future because of the in­ fatuation with crack and fast money. When HON. DENNY SMITH HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK our children begin to flock to the dead-end road of drug involvement-a road that almost OF OREGON OF CALIFORNIA always ends in death or incarceration-then IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES something is truly wrong with America. Wednesday, October 4, 1989 Wednesday, October 4, 1989 Mr. Speaker, some of our inner cities are so Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I would like to blighted that their populations consist mainly Mr. DENNY SMITH. Mr. Speaker, as a Member who represents many timber depend­ extend my deepest appreciation to one of the of hopeless and helpless individuals who turn finest citizens and community leaders in Cali­ to drugs because they have nowhere else to ent communities in Oregon, I have worked with my colleagues for months in an effort to fornia's Ninth District. Mayor Dale Turner has, turn. They do not have jobs. They do not have for the past 17 years, served the city of Liver­ education. They do not have opportunities and achieve a short-term solution to the timber supply crisis facing the Pacific Northwest. My more and the Livermore/ Amador Valley in an options. They are the homeless and the elected and appointed position with great in­ hungry. They are the forgotten and the ig­ support for the amendment before us, howev­ er, is not without reservations about its long­ tegrity and honor. Unfortunately for his con­ nored. stituents, Dale has decided not to seek re­ term implications for both the Northwest and We must act and we must act now to re­ election as Livermore's mayor. the entire Nation. store order, along with hope and opportunity, Dale Turner's public life began when he in our cities. This resolution seeks to restore This is not a painless, easy compromise for was appointed to the Livermore Planning that order, hope, and opportunity. the tens of thousands of forest products work­ Commission in 1972. He then ran for the Americans everywhere have said in poll ers in the Pacific Northwest. The timber sale Livermore City Council in 197 4, where he after poll that they want to end the drug level in this amendment is a significant reduc­ served until 1980. In that same year, Dale scourge. To the citizens in this country, the tion from previous years. The amendment may became Livermore's first directly elected drug crisis is the No. 1 crisis in our Nation. keep people employed throughout the coming mayor; a position he is now retiring from. Mr. Americans want us to solve this problem, and year, which I certainly support. In the long run, Turner has served on many committees de­ in doing so, we must realize and pay attention however, reduced harvest levels will result in signed to improve the Livermore Valley quality to what is happening in our inner cities. economic chaos as tens of thousands of jobs of life and foster better relations with local I hope that all of my colleagues will support are lost in the Northwest. communities. He has been particularly active this resolution, and will take an active role in Every Member of this House needs to know in ensuring that the huge Lawrence Livermore National Cities Fight Back Against Drugs that this amendment, and all other measures and Sandia National Laboratories were good neighbors to the people of the valley. that reduce the public timber supply, will di­ Week. Professionally, Mr. Turner is a graduate of rectly affect your constituents as well. Twenty the Pacific Coast Banking School/University percent of the wood products consumed in of Washington, Louis Allen Management the United States come from public lands. Re­ School and the American Institute of Banking. SALUTE TO SIGMA CHI AT stricted domestic supply will lead to higher Mr. Turner has worked for local banks and GEORGE WASHINGTON UNI- prices or a higher trade deficit from increased currently holds a mortgage banking position. VERSITY imports. Mayor Turner has served the people of Higher timber prices will mean higher hous­ Livermore with dignity and a commitment to HON. IKE SKELTON ing costs for your constituents, edging young excellence. He has never let anything but the quality of life and the future of Livermore influ­ OF MISSOURI couples and first-time buyers out of the hous­ ing market. Thirty percent of this Nation's ence his decisions as mayor. The people of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES building supplies are already imported, and Livermore are not only losing their mayor, but Wednesday, October 4, 1989 nothing is being done to reverse that trend. a true friend as well. My wife, Carolyn Wente, and I wish him the Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to We in the Northwest have a good story to tell. Our region is the most productive timber very best in the years to come. We are sure salute Epsilon chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity he will continue to find new ways to provide region in the Nation. We can have a perpetual at George Washington University on its 125th civic and business leadership in the Greater timber yield that provides a sustained supply anniversary. The chapter was granted petition Livermore Valley. on December 10, 1864, and has since contrib­ of wood products for all Americans. And we uted to the development of hundreds of young can do so in an environmentally sound men, emphasizing the ideals of friendship, jus­ manner. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERN­ tice, and learning. As we work for the long-term solution, we ING THE CONTINUED HUMAN Today, the excellence of Epsilon chapter is must be willing to examine the entire public RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY THE demonstrated by its academic success, record land base in Oregon and Washington. The PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA of community service, and campus involve-· acres of old growth already preserved in na­ ment. For 3 consecutive years, the national tional parks and in wilderness status must be HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN fraternity has recognized Epsilon with the Pe­ counted toward any long-term solution. OF NEW YORK terson Outstanding Chapter Award, its highest In closing, let me reiterate that this was a honor. Through its 125 years, this chapter has truly, a compromise of a compromise, and one IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES produced community, State, and national lead­ that is much more severe than the compro­ Wednesday, October 4, 1989 ers who have made positive contributions to mise originally proposed by the Oregon dele­ Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ our country. gation at the summit in June 1989. It also ducing House Concurrent Resolution 208 a As the son of a Sigma Chi, the father of relies on the good faith, constructive participa­ resolution concerning human rights violations three, including one Epsilon member, and a tion of the environmental community in order by the People's Republic of China [PRC]. Sigma Chi myself, it is with great personal to make these provisions work. If that good The daily arrests, beatings, and repression pleasure that I ask Congress to join me in ex­ faith is broken, I will be back next year to go on. Yet, there are some U.S. officials con­ tending congratulations and best wishes to push for a solution that really works. sidering PRC admission to the General Agree­ Epsilon chapter. menton Tariff and Trade [GATT). October 4, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23313 There have also been high-level meetings sanctions on the People's Republic of China INTRODUCTION OF WHITE between representatives of the administration and when the House and Senate passed leg­ SANDS FAIR COMPENSATION and PAC officials. Secretary of State Baker islation calling for additional sanctions; ACT OF 1989 <2> there should be no relaxation of those has met twice with the Foreign Minister of the Presidential sanctions, and the Congress PAC. should act swiftly to secure final enactment I believe now is not the time for these sort of its own proposed sanctions legislation; HON. JOE SKEEN of contacts and initiatives. There should first <3> the President should confer with the OF NEW MEXICO be a dramatic change of leadership in the other signatories of the General Agreement IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PAC before we allow entry into the GATT, on Tariffs and Trade and oppose any fur­ extend MFN, grant World Bank loans and ther meetings or any further action regard­ Wednesday, October 4, 1989 meetings between high-level officials. ing the People's Republic of China's desire Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ House Concurrent Resolution 208 ex­ to accede to the General Agreement on Tar­ ducing the White Sands Fair Compensation presses the sense of Congress that the state iffs and Trade until martial law is lifted and Act of 1989, which would authorize $17.5 mil­ of human rights in the PAC and Tibet is still human rights are restored in both the Peo­ lion to individuals who lost their land or mining far too grim and that the proposed congres­ ple's Republic of China and Tibet; claims to the U.S. Government for the estab­ sional sanctions and those put into place by <4> the United States should continue to lishment of White Sands Missile Range during the President should be upheld. Accordingly, I oppose any change in World Bank policy World War II. toward loans to the People's Republic of urge my colleagues to support House Concur­ China, and continue to oppose the release of This legislation establishes a 7-member rent Resolution 208. loan funding to the People's Republic of commission which will evaluate the claims I request that at this point in the RECORD a China until martial law is lifted and human submitted by owners related to the taking of copy of House Concurrent Resolution 208 be rights are respected in both the People's Re­ their property and make payments to those printed in full. public of China and Tibet; and claimants not fully compensated. In evaluating H. CON RES. 208 <5> the President should carefully consider claims, the Commission would determine the Whereas on June 4, 1989, the Government withholding nondiscriminatory treatment value the property had in 1975-when the of the People's Republic of China ordered for the U.S. Government permanently took the lands an unprovoked, brutal, and indiscriminate products of the People's Republic China for comprising White Sands Missile Range­ assault on thousands of peaceful and un­ an additional 12 months pursuant to section based on established precedents for the value armed demonstrators and onlookers in and 402(d)(5) of the Trade Act of 1974, as pro­ of similar real estate in New Mexico. Priority around Tiananmen Square by units of the posed by the President on May 31, 1989, consideration would be given to the claims of People's Liberation Army; until there is freedom of emigration in both ranchers and miners who owned property Whereas the Government of the People's the People's Republic of China and Tibet. Republic of China has engaged in wide­ continously between 1941 and 1975. spread mass arrests in the aftermath of the To gain a broader understanding of the June 4, 1989, military assault in Tiananmen THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF plight these individuals have undergone over Square, arresting thousands of students, nearly half a century, one must go back to the workers, and others and executing scores of AFGE LOCAL 1923 international strife that plagued this country of individuals; united Americans during the second World Whereas security forces of the Govern­ HON. C. THOMAS McMILLEN War. Most Americans were asked to sacrifice ment of the People's Republic of China for the great causes this nation fought for. OF MARYLAND have repeatedly assaulted peaceful demon­ The ranchers and miners affected by this strators in Tibet and have imprisoned thou­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sands of Tibetans for the expression of their legislation are just a few of the many patriotic political and religious beliefs; Wednesday, October 4, 1989 individuals who made great sacrifices for this Whereas freedom of emigration is current­ country. All of these fine people gave up their ly being denied by the People's Republic of Mr. McMILLEN of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, lands, their livelihood and their homes to the China to individuals supporting the prode­ today I wish to give special recognition to the U.S. Government which pledged that these mocracy movement, particularly to leaders American Federation of Government Employ­ ranchers and miners would be returned their of the movement who are currently residing ees [AFGE] Local 1923 as they celebrate property once World War II ended. The pro­ in the United States and Australian Embas­ their 30th anniversary. I would like to extend ductive land these people gave up was ulti­ sies in China, and to the citizens of Tibet, my sincerest congratulations to this organiza­ where martial law has been in effect since mately used to develop and detonate the March of 1989; tion on their accomplishments and also recog­ most destructive weapon known to mankind­ Whereas a subcommission of the United nize the week of October 1-7· as AFGE 1923 the atomic bomb. Nearly 45 years after Hiro­ Nations Human Rights Commission has week as Gov. William Donald Schaefer has shima and Nagasaki, and after the rebuilding voted 15 to 9 to have the full Commission proclaimed it. of Japan and Europe, and after a bill authoriz­ examine charges that the People's Republic Local 1923 was founded on August 1, 1959, ing the compensation of Japanese-Americans of China brutally suppressed the prodemoc­ interned in American prisons during World racy movement in China in violation of the with the goal of fostering rights and protec­ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, tions for Federal employees of the Social Se­ War II, these ranchers and miners are still representing the first time that a perma­ curity Administration. Since its inception 30 trying to rebuild their lives and salvage what is nent member of the United Nations Securi­ years ago, under President William MacNeil, left of the future. In a real sense, the destruc­ ty Council has been censured in a United the membership of Local 1923 has grown to tion of World War II has never ended for Nations forum for its human rights per­ over 7,000 people who represent approxi­ these individuals and their families and it is formance; and ironic that a nation which can establish a Mar­ Whereas harassment and intimidation mately 20,000 Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, and Health shall plan to rebuild Europe has failed to ade­ continues within the People's Republic of quately compensate its own citizens. Care Administration employees. This repre­ China and within Tibet, where surveillance, The Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution arrests, beatings, and torture have been doc­ sentation covers a five-state area, including umented by independent, international Act, title II of Public Law 100-383, provides a Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Dela­ precedent for compensation of these White human rights organizations, and as well as ware, and Maryland. Under its current presi­ in the United States, where harassment of Sands ranchers and miners. Chinese students participating in the pro­ dent, John Gage, who also serves as the na­ When the Japanese attacked the two west­ democracy movement has been reported tional AFGE vice president, Local 1923 has ernmost Aleutian Islands during World War II, widely by leading United States press orga­ become a respected and admired organization the U.S. military evacuated about 900 Aleuts nizations: Now, therefore, be it throughout the political and labor arenas. from the Pribilof Islands and from many is­ Resolved by the House of Representatives It is with great pride that I congratulate the (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense lands in the Aleutian chain. Though this action of the Congress that- AFGE Local 1923 on their 30 years of govern­ was militarily justified, the Aleuts were treated <1 > the situation in the People's Republic ment employee services. I know that my col­ poorly during the relocation period. When the of China and in Tibet remains as grim today leagues will join me in offering best wishes for Aleuts returned to their villages after the war, as it was when President Bush first imposed the continued success of this organization. they were confronted with wartime destruc- 23314 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 4, 1989 tion, much of which was done by U.S. military events throughout the year and have been es the environmental problems facing our personnel. very instrumental in helping to drawing the country. I hope that every Member will find In Public Law 100-383, Congress stated: German-American community together. some time to read about the great work of my "The United States has not compensated the My dear colleagues please join me in hon­ friend, Bert McKee. Aleuts adequately for the conversion or de­ oring the German-Americans and joining them CLEAR THE RUNWAY, HERE COME THE DUCKS struction of personal property, and the conver­ in celebration in Michigan and in the United sion or destruction of community property States. caused by the United States military occupa­ EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE.-In this desert sky where eagles dare, ducks, too, will fly. tion of Aleut villages during World War II. THE BUCKTAIL COUNCIL OF There is no remedy for the injustices suffered The site of aviation history will score a THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA blow for wildlife with the re-creation of 170 by the Aleuts during World War II except an acres of waterfowl wetlands. The Piute Act of Congress providing appropriate com­ HON. WILUAM F. CLINGER, JR. Ponds Expansion Project, in the southwest pensation for those losses which are attributa­ corner of Edwards' 470 square miles, will ble to the conduct of United States forces and OF PENNSYLVANIA provide an enlarged rest area, with limited other officials and employees of the United IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES hunting, for weary ducks migrating along States." Wednesday, October 4, 1989 the Great Basin corridor of the Pacific Flyway-one of four major waterfowl migra­ If this same standard were used for the Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to White Sands ranchers and miners, it would tion routes of North America. pay tribute to the Bucktail Council of the Boy It's a joint venture of the Air Force, allow them to be compensated for public Scouts of America. The Bucktail Council, lo­ Ducks Unlimited, the California Depart­ domain lands included in the ranch and cated in DuBois, PA, encompasses all or part ment of Fish and Game and the Los Angeles mining units, as this is an established prece­ of four counties in my congressional district. County Sanitation District, Lancaster Divi­ dent for ranch valuation in New Mexico. The Bucktail Council was one of two coun­ sion, each delighted that its own interests I have introduced this bill as remedy for the cils in the United States to have received this will be served. 150 or so ranching families who were dis­ year's annual Gold Seal Award. The U.S. De­ By creating a gridwork of dikes, Lancaster placed by the creation of the White Sands partment of Agriculture has presented this will have more overflow ponds for its treat­ ed sewage, the Air Force won't worry so Missile Range. This legislation would be a sig­ award annually since 1963, for outstanding nificant step in the process of bringing an end much about birds buzzing its aircraft or the conservation efforts to a local Boy Scout runways flooding, and the wildlife people to this controversy. This bill is the result of six council in America. are so happy they could quack. months of study and consultation with the The council has had an active Conservation All it will take is a few bulldozers and ranchers and miners, their families, individuals Committee for over 15 years. Every 3 years $262,000, but the dream is a quarter-century of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Associa­ the Bucktail Council Conservation Committee old. It's Bert McKee's dream. tion and the range management specialists at plans and executes a councilwide Conserva­ McKee, 86, of Arcadia, has a conservation New Mexcio State University. tion camporee, which is attended by more history dating back to 1931, about 50 years before such causes became popular and six than 500 Scouts and Scouters. years before Ducks Unlimited was founded GERMAN-AMERICAN DAY In 1982, the council received the Green when the Dust Bowl era had dropped water­ Seal Award for outstanding conservation con­ fowl populations to all-time lows. He tribution in the Northeast region. Because of chaired a local Junior Chamber of Com­ HON. DENNIS M. HERTEL the prestige of this award, the council was not merce committee that was concerned about OF MICHIGAN eligible to be recognized for their accomplish­ vanishing habitat-an issue now critical be­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment for another 5 years. cause of development and drought. Council leaders indicate they will continue Later, in 1962, McKee became president of Wednesday, October 4, 1989 Ducks Unlimited which has grown to about Mr. HERTEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on to have the council place a strong emphasis 600,000 members, including 55,000 in Cali­ the occasion to recognize German-American on conservation. Douglas L. Krofina, Bucktail fornia, and is perhaps the most effective Day which will be celebrated all over the Council executive, explains, "Conservation is wildlife conservation organization in the United States on October 6, 1989, and in more than planting a tree or building a jack world. Michigan by many of my constituents. dam; it is an ethic we must teach our chil­ McKee started hunting ducks in the dren." I have been a long-time supporter of desert in the 1930s when he bought into the The President will sign a proclamation on nearby Wagas Club, one of the few ducks October 6, 1989, which was adopted already conservation and I applaud the Bucktail Coun­ cil on its community spirit and its work on clubs spared during World War II when Ed­ in both Houses of Congress. Over 850 cities wards took over most of the land east of the will celebrate this occasion with parades, festi­ projects that help to control erosion and im­ Sierra Highway between vals, dances and banquets. The richness of prove streams. Lancaster and Mojave. the German culture will be fully recognized On behalf of the 23d District of Pennsylva­ "They took out about 10 duck clubs," and will demonstrate the contributions of nia, I want to congratulate each and every McKee said. "Some of them moved over on Americans of German descent to the United member of the Bucktail Council of DuBois, on the west side [of the highway]. Most of 'em this notable accomplishment. The council's left the area . . . moved down to the Salton States. Sea or wherever they could get water." My constituents, many who are of German dedication is most impressive and deserves our recognition and our thanks. There was once water here, too. Area descent will be celebrating this day by attend­ maps indicate Rogers and Rosamond Dry ing a German-American heritage ball on Lakes on the base, and the Air Force wants Friday, October 6. The ball is an annual event CLEAR THE RUNWAY, HERE to keep them that way, which is part of the which is held at the German-American Cultural COME THE DUCKS story of how the project came about-that Center in Detroit. As in the past, many Con­ and the preseverance of Bert McKee. gressmen and Senators, and other local offi­ Dedication ceremonies are scheduled HON. DUNCAN HUNTER Thursday alongside Shuttle Road where Co­ cials will be attending this event to show their OF CALIFORNIA lumbia, Discovery and the ill-fated Chal­ appreciation for all that the German-American IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lenger have rolled. McKee will be there, per­ community has done. haps with his longtime duck-hunting friend The German-American Cultural Center is Wednesday, October 4, 1989 Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, 91, who led the B-25 the host of this event and this celebration is Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, I am extremely carrier-based raid on Tokyo in 1942. considered the cultural event of the year privileged to honor a great American conser­ The cost is being borne by an anonymous among German-Americans in the Detroit area. vationist upon the realization of one of his life­ donor who earmarked the project as part of Dancing and singing will be featured and the time efforts. Bert McKee's achievements at a $2-million gift to Ducks Unlimited. McKee, a former international president of music will be provided by various German Edwards Air Force Base in California in estab­ DU, described the donor only as "an old music groups along with the German Ameri­ lishing critically needed wetlands and water­ duck hunter." can Cultural Center Orchestra. The center has fowl habitat demonstrate the creative thinking Perhaps he once used one of the old duck also sponsored festivals and other cultural we so desperately need as Congress address- blinds that can still be seen on the site. October 4, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23315 McKee started working on the Air Force to of its funds developing habitat in Canada, To achieve this objective, today I have help the ducks in the mid-'60s. from where the birds come. Now it has ex­ again written to Congresswoman BYRON, the "We started several times to get some­ panded its projects to its MARSH pro­ chairperson of the House Armed Services thing going," he said. "It depended a great gram-Matching Aid to Restore States deal on who headed the [basel. We had a Habitat-working with groups such as these Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Com­ tremendous interest when [Maj.] Gen. under its "Partners in Conservation" con­ pensation. I have requested a hearing on both [Irving L.l Branch was there in '65, then cept. H.R. 1730 and the legislation I have intro­ there was a lack of interest because a lot of The Piute Ponds already have more than duced with Congressman MICHEL. I believe these fellas had no interest in wildlife. We'd 200 species of birds. The project is targeted that the best way to formulate legislation en­ have it ready to do and they'd change ad­ for ducks, but geese and other winged crea­ suring that we do not repeat our Nation's past ministration, and we'd have to start all over tures, not unlike the space shuttle, are ex­ mistakes is to hold a congressional hearing on pected to use the site as a landing zone as again." both proposals. We must work to pass the The breakthrough occurred as the end they migrate between Canada and Mexico. result of the Antelope Valley's population A few will stay and nest. All waterfowl need best legislation possible to address this critical boom. The sanitation district was running is shallow water with a food supply. issue. out of places to dump used water. From a month before hunting season to a Denton Guthrie, assistant state chairman month after, the sanitation district in­ for DU, said: "Every time somebody flushes creases chlorination, but the birds seem to THE INTRODUCTION OF THE their toilet out here, that water's gotta go thrive. SYSTEMATIC APPROACH FOR someplace." Hunting will be limited. The only people VALUE ENGINEERING [SAVEl Since the late '50s, the district has had allowed to hunt are military personnel, ACT 320 acres of containment ponds for chemi­ active or retired, and their dependents; base cally treated effluent just west of the site. civilian personnel and contractors, and a But as the population grew and those ponds few longtime local Rod and Gun Club mem­ HON. CARDISS COWNS overflowed, the water would flood Rosa­ bers with "grandfather" privileges. OF ILLINOIS mond Dry Lake, which is an emergency The limitations don't seem important to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DU. landing site for test aircraft and lies directly Wednesday, October 4, 1989 under the Alpha Low Level Flight Corridor. "Probably 50 percent of our members The flooding not only made the lake unus­ don't even hunt," Guthrie said. "They're Mrs. COLLINS. Mr. Speaker, not a day goes able but drew birds into the area and raised just interested in saving the ducks." by that we don't pay homage to the national Rollie Kienzle of Whittier, a lifelong the risk of what the Air Force calls "bird urgencies of our day, such as the needs to strikes," a danger with fatal implications. hunter who belongs to the Rio Hondo DU chapter, said: "This isn't for hunting. This maximize our resources, decrease the nation­ Chris Rush, the civilian base natural re­ al debt, increase our international competitive­ sources planner, said: "We've had to restrict project is for conservation." flight operations when it's flooded." Maier: "This valley is a historic flyway, ness, reduce our trade deficit, and develop su­ As the Air Force and the sanitation dis­ once populated by rPiuteJ Indians. It's rea­ perior technologies and products. The difficul­ trict became increasingly alarmed, McKee sonable to believe it was a wetlands at one ty is found in devising plans that address one said, "I just kept plowing away." time. People live where there's water." or more of these concerns. Jimmy Doolittle's a great friend of mine. In later days, McKee brought Air Force generals and astronauts out to hunt ducks But there is, in fact, a process which deals He went over there with me and attended with all of these issues: Value engineering. meetings and talked. Most of our problem around Edwards. John Wayne, Bing Crosby and other celebrities visited his ranch. Value engineering [VE] routinely yields siza­ had been we weren't getting up high ble contract savings and improves quality at enough." "In those days we had rugged individual­ Doolittle helped McKee gain altitude in ists," he said. "We've got to teach more the same time. The beneficiaries include tax­ the Air Force hierarchy, and results fol­ people what the art is. These fellas that go payers, the governmental entity engaging the lowed. out and simply shoot ducks and don't do contractor, the contractor itself, the contrac­ "Finally, I went back to Washington and anything else are not gonna save the re­ tor's industry, and the American economy in got to the people back there at the North source." general. In short, no one loses. This is a rare American Wildlife Conference. They had case of a "win-win" situation. two [representatives] from Edwards-the MISSING SERVICE PERSONNEL VE is a specialized, multifaceted, creative, boys that were lukewarm on the deal-and they voted to really get the thing going." ACT LEGISLATION team-conducted technique that defines the It's only 170 acres, making a total of 490, objective of a product, service, process or which is less than a square mile. But when HON. JOHN G. ROWLAND construction project and questions every step one considers that California has lost 95 OF CONNECTICUT toward reaching it. It does so with an eye to percent of its wetlands, according to Mike IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES reducing all costs-including initial and long­ Maier of the Waterfowl Habitat Owners Al­ term costs-and completion time while im­ liance, every little bit counts. Wednesday, October 4, 1989 proving quality, reliability, and aesthetics. "We've destroyed more wetlands than any Mr. ROWLAND of Connecticut. Mr. Speak­ Analysis covers the equipment, maintenance, other part of the country," Maier said. er, today I am joining with the distinguished repair, replacement, procedures and supplies "Two-thirds of the wetlands in California- 267 ,000 acres-are now owned by private minority leader, BOB MICHEL, in introducing involved. Life-cycle cost analysis is one of its duck clubs." legislation to provide procedural due process many aspects and it differs from other cost­ That was the message McKee took to the in determining the status of missing service cutting techniques in that it is far more com­ Air Force. personnel. prehensive, scientific, and creative. ".They knew they had to do something with Earlier this year, I introduced the Missing It is widely accepted that VE saves no less all this land they were tying up," he said. Service Personnel Act (H.R. 1730). The pur­ than 3 percent of a contract's expense, and "There are 300,000 acres in Edwards, and pose of this bill is to correct the current commonly that figure is 5 percent. At the when you multiply all these military bases method by which the U.S. Government ac­ same time, the cost of doing a VE review that aren't doing anything at all to encour­ age wildlife • • • the most important part of counts for missing service personnel, and to ranges from one-tenth to three-tenths of a this is that we're establishing precedent." establish a more acceptable system for future percent. Thus, on a $2 million construction This is the first significant wildlife habitat servicemen. contract, the very minimum that would be restoration project on a military base. · Having been involved in the POW-MIA saved would be $54,000 while savings of Guthrie said: "There are a lot of wildlife issue since the beginning of my tenure in Con­ $98,000 is very likely. On a major military pro­ projects that, if done properly and managed gress, I am aware of the differing opinions as curement contract for $1 billion over life-cycle, properly wouldn't detract at all from mili­ to how best to make final determinations re­ that translates to a range of savings from $27 tary operations." garding missing service personnel. Throughout It's also the first DU project in Los Ange­ million to $49 million. Based on VE usage in les County, which has no significant duck this time, my goal has steadfastly remained recent years, the ratio of VE costs to VE sav­ hunting on public lands and only three pri­ that Congress must find the most workable ings has ranged from 1:10 to 1:100, with 1:18 vate clubs. and acceptable solution to ending the pain being the most frequent result. Until 1986, in fact, DU, which reported a and suffering of the families of those left un­ Examples of VE successes are plentiful. In net income of $67 million last year, spent all accounted for. 1988, a VE review of a bridge repair project in 23316 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 4, 1989 Cleveland yielded $7 million in savings from a By targeting only large Government con­ committee, and over 23 years of service in the $26 million budget-27 percent savings-and tracts, VE efforts will be concentrated on the U.S. Navy, Bill is retiring. shortened the period of the bridge being activities which will reap the greatest rewards. Bill has assisted me for many years on the closed from 36 months to 20-44 percent. In While a VE review of a $25,000 contract Armed Services Committee, but in addition, is 1986, the aircraft giant Hughes documented would most likely be cost effective-and a constituent of mine. Bill was born in Lynn, savings of $462.1 million from VE, and VE should be done voluntarily-the bill would MA, and despite having traveled around the savings of $490 million were anticipated for chase the more sizable savings. world with the Navy and the committee, rarely the following year. Another giant, General Dy­ To address the principal explanation for misses an opportunity to return to Massachu­ namics, saved the Air Force more than $25.4 VE's sporadic usage-i.e., that the absence of setts. million over the life of the F-16 program, re­ top-level management support fosters resist­ Bill has been in public service all his life. He taining $941 ,058 as an incentive fee. And the ance to change-my bill would also establish began his career in August 1940, when he en­ list goes on. a VE office in each Federal department and listed in the U.S. Navy. Except for 3 years fol­ Whenever VE has been examined, the in­ agency to oversee the VE program and en­ lowing World War II, he served in the Navy variable conclusion is that it should be used courage contractor compliance. Where appro­ until retirement in 1968 as captain, Judge Ad­ more often as it has an untapped potential too priate, the VE office could also conduct the vocate General Corps. great to even estimate. The Senate Commit­ VE reviews itself. In August 1968, Bill became assistant to the tee on Governmental Affairs held a hearing in Some have suggested that this is not the late Honorable William H. Bates, then ranking 1987, from which it was made clear that VE appropriate time for legislation in light of the minority member of the House Committee on has a shockingly successful track record and Office of Management and Budget's circular Armed Services. Upon Congressman Bate's that vast savings are ready, willing and able to number A-131, which directed Executive death in 1969, Bill became assistant counsel be attained. The Governmental Accounting branch offices to utilize VE. But A-131 has to the Investigations Subcommittee, and Office has conducted at least 12 studies on been ineffective. The Executive branch offices shortly thereafter was appointed to the full VE in recent years, each one of which has that had not employed VE before A-131 are committee staff as counsel. Upon organization touted VE's achievements and advocated its still not relying on it. Still other offices are dis­ of the committee for the 95th Congress in expanded use in a broad spectrum of activi­ regarding A-131's reporting requirements and February 1977, Bill was appointed general ties. VE's utility is so well recognized that I can only assume their use of VE to be inad­ counsel, and has served in that position for Donald Trump extolled its virtues in his recent equate. Putting a VE requirement into law the last 12¥2 years. book, "The Art Of The Deal." In regard to the would promote compliance and facilitate ac­ During that time Bill participated in count­ building of a casino in Atlantic City, Trump countability and enforcement. It could not be less investigations, including the investigation writes: eliminated by a subsequent order from this into the massacre at My Lai, the first investi­ One way we stood to save money was from nor a future administration. gation into drug abuse in the military and the something known as value engineering. A Moreover, the S.A.V.E. Act would go far investigation of Honor Code violations at West good example was the installation of the beyond A-131 by applying VEto: All contracts Point, and provided invaluable expert advice cooling towers for our air-conditioning within certain defined categories rather than to the members of the committee as counsel system. Originally our architects placed simply "where appropriate" with authority to them on the roof of the hotel tower. to numerous special subcommittees, including Through value engineering, we determined make case-by-case exceptions; State and the Special Subcommittee on Defense As­ that we'd save a lot of money by installing local governments in connection with federally pects of the Equal Employment Opportunity them on a lower section of roof, just seven funded contracts; and large subcontracts. Program, the Special Subcommittee on Disci­ floors up, because that roof could be poured In addition, each department and agency plinary Problems in the Navy, the Special Sub­ much sooner. In tum we'd be able to start that engages in contracts would be directed committee to Probe Disturbances at Military all the piping and electrical work for the by the S.A.V.E. Art to institutionalize VE in a Bases, and the Special Subcommittee on In­ air-conditioning 6 months earlier. separate VE office, staffed with professionals telligence. I got the building finished right on sched­ ule for a May 14 opening. That meant we'd well versed in VE. Because of his special efforts and mastery be able to take advantage of the Memorial Mr. Speaker, we have a responsibility to of issues in such diverse areas as the naval Day weekend, traditionally the best 3 days take advantage of VE. Ironically enough, al­ petroleum reserves, CHAMPUS, the Uniform of the year for the casino business in Atlan­ though VE was developed in the United Code of Military Justice, admission of women tic City. I also came in slightly under the States during World War II for the purposes of to the service academies, and the contempt original budget, at $218 million. It repre­ maximizing our resources and improving our of Congress citations relating to the Water­ sented the first casino-hotel in Atlantic City defense capabilities, it has most effectively gate break-in, Bill contributed greatly to the ever built on time and on budget. been used by the Japanese electronics and committee's resolution of these critical issues. Numerous Federal departments, agencies, automobile industries. Isn't it time that we On behalf of the Armed Services Commit­ and other contracting authorities have already reap the fruits of our own brainchild? Isn't it tee, the Congress, and the Nation, I want to reaped substantial benefits from the use of time that we support this effort within our own express our sincere appreciation to Bill Hogan VE. Among them are: Army Corps of Engi­ Government? for his selfless dedication, loyalty, profession­ neers, Veterans' Administration, General Serv­ alism, and the great contributions he has ices Administration, Army, Naval Facilities En­ made to the security of this Nation. We wish gineering Command, Air Force, Federal High­ RETIREMENT OF WILLIAM H. him well in his retirement. way Administration, Navy, and the Environ­ HOGAN, JR. mental Protection Agency Wastewater Treat­ ment Program. HONORING KEN LAHNER But its past and present use would be char­ HON. NICHOLAS MA VROULES acterized as sporadic, at best. The use of VE OF MASSACHUSETTS remains far below its potential. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON.HENRYJ.HYDE Today I am introducing a bill which would OF ILLINOIS Wednesday, October 4, 1989 require that VE reviews be conducted for: . IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Every construction contract exceeding $2 Mr. MAVROULES. Mr. Speaker, I would like million; to pay tribute to an individual who, with the Wednesday, October 4, 1989 Every "major" procurement contract; highest distinction, served the Committee on Mr. HYDE. Mr. Speaker, I want to suggest Subcontracts of major procurement con­ Armed Services, U.S. House of Representa­ to my colleagues that they take a moment tracts for 25 percent of a contract's value and tives, as an assistant counsel, and then gen­ and read a transcript of an editorial tribute to otherwise where deemed appropriate by the eral counsel, Mr. William H. Hogan, Jr. an excellent public servant, Mr. Ken Lahner­ VE team; and After over 20 years of outstanding service a man who gave much of career to the people State and municipal contracts where the to the Committee on Armed Services, 2 years of DuPage County, IL, for the past 12 years. State or municipality is using Federal funds or of service to the late Honorable William H. The editorial appeared recently in The Daily operating under Federal authority. Bates, then ranking minority member of the Journal of Wheaton, IL. October 4, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23317 [From the Daily Journal, Aug. 9, 1989] 1 rise today to call the attention of my col­ AID TO THE NICARAGUAN PuBLIC SERVICE LoSES ITS HARDEST WORKER leagues to the announcement that the Semi­ OPPOSITION The image of Ken Lahner that will always conductor Industry Association [SIA] recently stick in our minds is one in which he is sit­ named Sandy as the recipient of its annual HON. MIKE SYNAR ting in the county building cafeteria very Appreciation Award in recognition of his con­ early in the morning, well before board tributions to the semiconductor industry. I OP OKLAHOI!4A members or administrators are even in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES building. want to join SIA in recognizing Sandy's out­ He is on his second king-sized cup of black standing work in developing the industry's Wednesday, October 4, 1989 ability to compete with foreign semiconductor coffee and third or fourth cigarette, pouring Mr. SYNAR. Mr. Speaker, today I voted over the pages of a computer printout the manufacturers. against H.R. 3385, which provides $9 million size of a Chicago phone directory. He will My involvement with Sandy began during designed to support the electoral process in find the information he needs, boil it down his tenure as director of SEMATECH, the to a page or two memo and have it copied Nicaragua, including direct funds for the oppo­ for board members at a committee meeting semiconductor manufacturing consortium lo­ sition parties. I support an amendment to the in less than an hour. cated in Austin, TX. Sandy has now moved on bill offered by Representative DICK DURBIN.· Lahner last week confirmed rumors that to an important new challenge as the presi­ I voted against the bill because I believe he was leaving county government to take a dent and chief executive officer of U.S. that we set a bad precedent in choosing and management position in private industry. Memories, Inc., an industry-led, privately fi­ funding one party in a sovereign nation's elec­ His departure leaves more than a vacancy nanced joint venture of semiconductor pro­ at the comptoller job he held. he was also a tion. I am afraid that sending aid to the oppo­ savvy politican who could convince people in ducers aimed at establishing our country as a sition in Nicaragua may be followed by similar Wheaton and Springfield to look past leader in production of dynamic random intervention in Cambodia, Angola, and other county board Chairman Jack Knuepfer's access memories or "DRAM's" the primary nations whose governments are not to our aloofness and see the wisdom of many of his memory for computers. In this venture, he is looking. This should not be our policy. programs. making even greater contributions to our More important, this funding package may His abilities to crunch members and lobby in fact be counterproductive to our goals of officials have been described as "genius." semiconductor industry. Lahner's personal style made it hard not Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Sandy Kane on ensuring a free and fair election in Nicargua. to like him. A permanent smile, a friendly this well-deserved recognition of his invaluable Our support of the corrupt Somoza dynasty is pat on the back and a gravelly "Howya doin, contributions to the semiconductor industry, still fresh in the minds of many Nicaraguans, guy" was a daily greeting. His rumpled and I look forward to working with him in the not all of them Sandinista supporters. These "Det. Columbo" look of someone always future to make the U.S. Memories project a Nicaraguans may be sympathetic to charges with too much to do and never enough time of "Yankee imperialism" if we provide direct is a sharp contrast to the pressed, urbane reality and to make our Nation a leader once again in the computer industry. support to the opposition in the election. The professional look of the modem politician. lack of details about exactly where the funds As a county board member from 1978-82, Lahner was vice chairman of the influential in this bill will be spent can only buttress such finance committee and chaired the public charges. works committee, helping to tum around I realize that the purpose of this aid pack­ the then-floundering department. RON CHAPMAN HONORED BY age is to ensure that the election in Nicaragua He was Knuepfer's floor whip and was la­ is fair. However, the great number of interna­ beled by the media as "Knuepfer's right­ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF tional observers who will be in Nicaragua next hand man." The assessment was accurate BROADCASTERS February should result in sufficient monitoring but politically fatal. He tried hard to repair of the election. The election will be monitored the rift between the county and the DuPage Water Commission only to have Knuepfer HON. MARTIN FROST by the United Nations, the Organization of American States, and a number of leaders of lobby for legislation that dismantled the OF TEXAS group. nations in the Western Hemisphere. He lost his country board seat by only 115 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I supported the amendment offered by Rep­ votes to Ray Soden, a county newcomer and Wednesday, October 4, 1989 resentative DURBIN because it provides funds Addison Township supervisor. Knuepfer re­ only tor international monitoring by the Council warded Lahners loyalty and ability with the Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to of Freely Elected Heads of Government, of comptroller job, in effect making him the inform the Congress that Mr. Ron Chapman, a which former Presidents Jimmy Carter and county administrator. long-time radio personality in the Dallas/Fort Gerald Ford are delegates. This type of assist­ In whatever capacity for the county, he Worth/North Texas area, has been awarded was on the job early, stayed late and was ance cannot be construed as vote buying and the only official one could count on finding the National Association of Broadcasters' First is a legitimate way to support the democratic at work late on Friday afternoons. Annual Marconi Radio Award for "Personality process in Nicaragua. His ability and personal commitment to of the Year." whatever job he tackles are unquestionable. The radio station tor which Ron Chapman He has earned thanks for his contributions works, KVIL, has also been named "Station of NAPLES PHILHARMONIC CENTER and best wishes for personal success in his the Year" in the medium market category, CREATES PUBLIC/PRIVATE new direction. logically in great part because of Ron Chap­ PARTNERSHIP LEADING FLORI­ man's great contribution to their programming. DA TO MAJOR CULTURAL SANFORD KANE-A LEADER IN Winners were selected from 119 nominees ROLE THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUS­ across the country, with the presentation TRY being made at the Grand Finale Gala closing HON. TOM LEWIS the National Association of Broadcasters' OF FLORIDA HON. J.J. PICKLE Radio '89 Convention in New Orleans, LA, on September 16. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF TEXAS The prestigious awards were given to the Wednesday, October 4, 1989 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES legendary station and radio personalities of Mr. LEWIS of Florida. Mr. Speaker,'one of Wednesday, October 4, 1989 the year by a special ballot vote of NAB radio the enduring issues of contemporary debate is Mr. PICKLE. Mr. Speaker, it has been my members and associate members whether or not America has lost its will tor good fortune to have had the opportunity to Mr. Speaker, congratulations are certainly in leadership. Has its zest for risk-taking, that in­ work closely over the past few years with a order for KVIL AM/FM of Dallas, and to Ron tangible quality that focuses on the potential man who is truly a national leader in the de­ Chapman for their years of service to our for accomplishment rather than the safety of velopment of this country's semiconductor in­ community and tor the NAB's glowing recogni­ accommodation, cooled? Do we expect rather dustry-Sanford L. Kane. tion of their efforts. than dream? Some Cassandras say our self- 23318 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October #, 1989 indulgence and passivity has dulled our ca­ moveable stage, two domed, balconied art prise were driving forces in the westward ex­ pacity for entrepreneurial initiatives. galleries and a courtyard sculpture garden. In pansion of the Nation and in our development Not so. I offer as substantive proof of the addition to the usual arts amenities of dress­ as an industrial and financial leader of the vitality of American enterprise the performing ing rooms, conference rooms, etc., there are world. arts boom, in my State fueled by millions of seven teaching studios for master classes in Today nearly every community in the United dollars raised largely by private citizens willing music in collaboration with the University of States reflects the contribution of its German­ to take the necessary risks. By 1992, Florida Miami and a music library. American citizens. will have virtual chorus line of performing arts The cultural fare is as varied as the enter­ As we celebrate German-American Day this centers with a total price tag of nearly $250 tainment pages in any major newspaper. year we also celebrate the 40th anniversary of million. Although State funding for the arts, There's the Warsaw Philharmonic and The the Federal Republic of Germany which was which was an anemic $10,000 in 1966 has Academy of St. Martins-in-the-Fields; such forged from the ruins of World War II. In the risen to $61.2 million, ranking Florida third na­ Broadway hits as "Me and My Girl"; oldies four decades since, the people of West Ger­ tionally in terms of arts funding, a substantial like "Marne," "The Wiz" and "West Side many have reclaimed their tradition of free­ catalyst has been the private sector dollars­ Story"; concert artists like Andre Watts and dom and self-determination, rebuilt their econ­ $21.5 million in Tampa, $10 million in Fort ltzhak Pearlman; chamber music from the Lin­ omy and taken their place among the leaders Lauderdale, $20 million in West Palm Beach coln Center ensemble; opera from the New of the free world. West Germany has opened and $14.5 million in Clearwater. York City Opera's national company; the her­ its doors to thousands of people to give them One of the more dramatic examples of this alded Miami City Ballet; international flavor via the opportunity to fullfil! their hopes for a unique partnership between private and public the Vienna Boys Choir; the Don Cossacks of better life both for themselves and their chil­ sectors will premiere this fall in Naples where the U.S.S.R. and the Hungarian State Folk En­ dren. a magnificent $17 million performing arts com­ semble; singers Mel Torme, Shirley Jones and Within NATO, the ties between America and plex will open fully paid for, and able to Helen Reddy; Pops via The Big Band Festival; West Germany form a linchpin of Western se­ achieve breakeven on a $4.8 million operating jazz by Marian McPartland and New Orleans' curity. Today, 50 percent of NATO's active budget at 70 percent of its capacity. All of this Preservation Hall Jazz Band; family oriented land forces in central Europe, 50 percent of due to the leadership of an indefatigable lady features such as "A Christmas Carol"; Broad­ the ground-based air defense system, and 30 chief executive, 25 dedicated community lead­ way on Ice; lectures by E.G. Marshall, Pearl percent of all combat aircraft are German; in­ ers, 450 volunteers-and 7,200 local resi­ Bailey, Sid Caesar and individual perform­ cluding 250,000 U.S. troops, the FAG hosts a dents, businesses and foundations. ances by Carol Channing and Rudoph Nur­ total of 400,000 allied personnel. Most of This Philharmonic Center for the Arts was eyev. NATO's nuclear weapons are located on described by the chairman of the National En­ Typically, ticket sales cover about half the German soil. downment for the Arts as a "unique achieve­ operating budget costs of an arts center. The I would note that earlier this year a number ment" and was, he said, "especially remarka­ Naples complex, because of its diversified of security issues threatened NATO unity. Yet ble * * * that it will open debt-free." The programs-which can be produced autono­ the strong allied ties forged over the past 40 State's contributions were a modest $3.5 mil­ mously one from another-expects ticket years sustained the alliance and led to agree­ lion. sales to cover 70 percent of the operating ments on such sensitive issues as short-range The current performing arts boom in my budget, the rest to be generated through a va­ nuclear weapons modernization and the State, of which the Naples complex is the riety of properly conceived concessions, art number of low-flying aircraft exercises. most current example, reflects not only the gallery admissions, program income, contract In additon to its security role, and perhaps maturation of our State but also the realization fees with hotels and airlines and a host of as important in today's rapidly changing politi­ of the pivotal role culture has in a State's eco­ special functions, from cooking seminars and cal climate in Eastern Europe, is West Germa­ nomic development. Not only do these cen­ film festivals to fashion shows. ny's economic leadership. It has been a major ters bring new jobs and new business for sup­ The Naples center opens its inaugural factor in efforts to achieve European econom­ pliers and stimulate tourism but, as in the season on November 6 with a modest endow­ ic integration and an open, expanding world case of Naples, FL, it can anchor major real ment and a balanced budget-an accomplish­ economy. estate development. The Naples Philharmonic ment of some significance. The economic ties between America and Center is the centerpiece of a $1.6 million Thus, it will mark yet another major step in Germany are critical to both nations, with planned community of 15,000 by Westing­ the emergence, I believe, of Florida as a trade between them in 1988 valued at more house Communities (of Naples). The discreet major cultural State. than $40 billion. While there have been and integration of villas, shops, restaurants-and continue to be differences between us on culture-is expected to have minimally, a $40 tariff and trade issues, our record of coopera­ million plus impact on the local economy, cre­ GERMAN-AMERICAN DAY, OCTO­ tion is good and that record supports the ating some 7,000 new jobs. BER 5, 1989: A CELEBRATION hope that we can resolve many of the eco­ The Naples arts complex represents an­ OF FREINDSHIP nomic issues of concern to each nation. other dimension to this cultural boom-surviv­ Mr. Speaker, we have enjoyed 45 years of ability. It is a product of modern business and HON. E. THOMAS COLEMAN peace in Europe. At the heart of this peace marketing techniques rather than amateur en­ OF MISSOURI has been a free, democratic, and stable Fed­ thusiasm and boosterism-which tends to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eral Republic of German. This enormous fade over time. It all began, with a no-non­ Wednesday, October 4, 1989 achievement alone would justify our celebra­ sense feasibility study, which led to a strategic tion tomorrow; combined with the historic con­ plan and, ultimately, to the setting of 5-year Mr. COLEMAN of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, to­ tribution of German-Americans in our own objectives. This new breed of arts center also morrow October 5, 1989 we celebrate country we have much indeed to celebrate. differs from conventional centers in that it German-American Day here in Washington sees as its primary mission to provide a varied and in communities across the United States. arts schedule that can sustain its appeal to And while the day has special meaning to mil­ THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL the community, and is educational as well. lions of German-American citizens it also sig­ STANDARDS REPORTING ACT Many of the earlier arts centers functioned nifies the importance of the strong ties be­ solely as rental halls. tween America and the Federal Republic of HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY Let me illustrate this point with a concise in­ Germany. OF INDIANA ventory of what the Naples Philharmonic The role of German-Americans in our Na­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Center embraces. tion's history began in fact before we were a It features a 1,221-seat concert hall fronted nation. German people came early to the New Wednesday, October 4, 1989 by a giant stage larger than Carnegie Hall's or World; their values and culture helped shape Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased the New York State Theater's. Its orchestra those early settlements that first would to introduce a bill today to greatly enhance pit can easily accommodate a full-scale or­ become the Colonies and then the United our understanding of various environmental chestra. There is also a 300-seat theater with States of America. Their energy and enter- protection initiatives throughout the world- October 4, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23319 particularly those of our major trading part­ formation base we need to assess the effects the village, and Point Pleasant had become ners. of different environmental policies throughout the largest and one of the most important My legislation, the Global Environmental the world. It will provide the information we canal towns north of New Hope. Another Standards Reporting Act, would require the need to rationally consider the arguments that major spur to development came with the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] to we hear from various industries and their opening of the five-span covered bridge over report to Congress annually on the environ­ workers. In addition, it will expose those who the Delaware River in 1855. mental standards of our trading partners, par­ have not joined the United States in making The covered bridge over the Delaware ticularly member nations of the Organization our Earth a more livable place so that we can burned in 1892, and was rebuilt of steel. That for Economic Cooperation and Development, take positive steps to encourage them to do bridge was taken out in the famous flood of Mexico, Brazil, South Korea and Taiwan. The so. August 1955, and has never been replaced. annual reports will focus on three specific My bill would not trim any existing law or Point Pleasant thus had a bridge over the questions-What environmental standards do proposed environmental standard that is cur­ Delaware for exactly 100 years. The Delaware these nations have? To what degree are rently being discussed. Rather, it provides a Canal continued in operation for exactly 100 these standards enforced? And, how much way for the administration and Congress to ef­ years, ceasing commercial operations in 1931. governmental assistance do foreign industries fectively compare environmental efforts of After the decline of canal traffic in the later receive to meet their respective environmental other nations in what is being called a "global 1800's, Point Pleasant became a vacation and obligaitons? economy." resort center, with many people coming from Industry in the United States incurs great Doylestown and Philadelphia to stay in one of costs to comply with our anti-pollution regula­ THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF the lovely hotels located there. Two U.S. tions. Stringent environmental standards do Presidents, Grover Cleveland and William have a price tag. That price is paid for by our THE COMMUNITY OF POINT PLEASANT McKinley, came to Point Pleasant frequently society, our workers and our economy. Fur­ to fish for shad. thermore, that cost impairs the ability of ·Our Point Pleasant has five prehistoric archae­ domestic industries to achieve and maintain HON. PETER H. KOSTMAYER ological sites, including one that was excavat­ international competitiveness. OF PENNSYLVANIA ed as part of the pumping station. These sites There is ilittle doubt that our domestic in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have revealed materials from the Late Archaic dustry will have to deal with new and costly Wednesday, October 4, 1989 Period-c. 4000-1500 B.C. emission standards established by the Clean Air Act amendments now being considered in Mr. KOSTMAYER. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise Congress. These standards will further influ­ to honor the community of Point Pleasant, ANNUAL GERMAN-AMERICAN ence our long-term competitiveness. Many of Bucks County, PA, as it celebrates its 250th FRIENDSHIP DAY our trading partners do not subject their indus­ anniversary. Point Pleasant has retained its tries to rigorous environmental standards. special character as a village. It still looks HON. DOUG BEREUTER Thus, they have a great competitive advan­ much as it did in the 19th century. The beauty of this river village is a tribute to OF NEBRASKA tage. Of those that do have similar regula­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tions, many do not enforce them. Because the efforts and concern of its citizens. I am there is no repository of information regarding pleased to share with my colleagues a brief Wednesday, October 4, 1989 the environmental regulations of our trading history of Point Pleasant by residents Barbara Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, in October partners, it is impossible to gauge their eco­ and Don Morris with assistance from Jeff Mar­ 1683, 13 families from Krefeld set foot in the nomic advantage. What data we do have is shall of the Bucks County Conservancy: New World somewhere near Philadelphia. In scattered and incomplete. A BRIEF HISTORY OF POINT PLEASANT the years since then the German ethnic pres­ The report required by this legislation would Point Pleasant traces its modern day origins ence in America has continued and grown. evaluate environmental regulations on an in­ to the grant of a charter to Enoch Pearson, on Looking for farmland in which to sink their dustry-specific basis. While an annual report is June 23, 1739, to operate a ferry service roots, Germans-Americans were among the required, I would expect the EPA to phase in across the Delaware River at the mouth of the largest group in the move to America and this evaluation, starting with the industrial cat­ Tohickon Creek. For many years, the part of westward, including my home State of Ne­ egories which are subject to new regulatory Point Pleasant lying north of the Tohickon was braska where they constitute the largest requirements in the United States. This would known as Pearson's Ferry or Pearson's Land­ ethnic group. Almost one in four Americans mean, for example, that the EPA would start ing. The part of the village south of the To­ can now claim some German ancestry. with those industrial categories for which air hickon was known as Black's Eddy, and later German-American Friendship Day also taxies emission standards are first being pro­ as Lower Black's Eddy, named after a promi­ gives us an opportunity to note the very spe­ mulgated under a revised section 112 of the nent local family and the large and powerful cial relationship we enjoy with the Federal Re­ Clean Air Act. eddy in the river that occurs at the south end public of Germany. The FAG is indeed a I would like to stress that the information of the village. unique nation. Created during the chaotic derived from the required report is essential Lower Black's Eddy developed faster than years immediately following the Second World for environmental .reasons as well as econom­ did Pearson's Landing for several reasons, War, West Germany immediately found itself ic. As we compete in a global economy, so among them that the Indians remained active the focus of cold war tensions. We should must we live in a global environment. Toxic air and hostile north of the Tchicken much after recall that the FAG was created at a time and polluted water know no international the area south of the creek had become rela­ when the Berlin airlift was in effect. At that boundaries. It does not matter where the pol­ tively safe for settlers. A number of industries time it was far from certain that a viable gov­ luton is released, if the quantity is high grew up in the area: Taverns, hotels, and ernment could be formed in Bonn. It was a enough it will eventually find its way to our na­ stores to serve river commerce; a sawmill on nation in ruins, a people divided, and a coun­ tion's shores. The safety of our citizens and the Tohickon in 1748; and at least one large try at risk from Soviet aggression. our world depends upon the maintenance of fishery. With massive American assistance from the our global environment. On February 29, 1828, the post office was Marshall plan, Germany was able to rebuild. I am not advocating tariffs or trade barriers transferred from Lower Black's Eddy to a lo­ Later they created the German Marshall Fund for the purpose of forcing other nations to cation north of the Tohickon in Pearson's to help repay American generousity and good bring their standards up to ours. Rather, that Ferry; and Joseph Hough, the postmaster, will. Their trust fund continues to benefit we initiate a process to encourage or assist changed the name of the entire village to Americans. We can point with justifiable pride others to do so at an accelerated pace. The Point Pleasant. to the great achievements of our West compilation of sound, comprehensive informa­ The opening of the Delaware Canal in 1831 German friends. West Germany has faced the tion is a crucial first step that must be taken if was one of the most important events in Point obstacles that all youthful nations must face, we are to make a change for the better. Pleasant's history, bringing unprecedented and it has overcome those obstacles magnifi­ I believe that the bill I am introducing today economic development and prosperity. By the cently. In 40 years Germany has emerged takes a significant step toward building the in- mid-1860's four large hotels were operating in from a devastating war and has become one 23320 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 4, 1989 of the leading nations in the free world. It has morro in Miami. Speaking on her first trip out­ There was not a single Nicaraguan who turned former adversaries into steadfast side of Nicaragua as the presidential candi­ was not directly or indirectly affected by friends by its actions. date of the National Opposition Union [UNO], the Marxist-Leninist dictatorship. We have While the United States and Germany may Mrs. Chamorro urged Nicaraguans in exile to had no respite: repression, war, the recruit­ occasionally differ on minor details of day-to­ join their fellow countrymen in the long, hard ment of the young, and the cordoba devalu­ ations. Destruction and death, that is what day policy, we enjoy a stable friendship be­ struggle against the Sandinista dictatorship. the Sandinist revolution is. cause of our shared values. We are now As you will recall, 10 years ago the Sandinis­ But I think that the time has come to rise bound inextricably together in a basic recogni­ tas betrayed the people's revolution. They from the rubble and brandish the banner of tion of the dignity of man and respect of created an atmosphere of repression and hos­ hope. I think that was the banner that was democratic principles. And, because we share tility, and wreaked havoc on the Nicaraguan stained with blood when my husband was a common vision of the world, we can expect economy, ultimately destroying the hopes of murdered. It is the banner of Nicaraguan the United States and the Federal Republic of its citizens for liberty. As the presidential can­ brotherhood. It is the banner of unity Germany and our people to remain good didate of UNO, Mrs. Chamorro represents the against the dictatorship. It is the banner of friends hope for the establishment of a democratic, freedom and justice. It is the banner of de­ and allies. mocracy. It is the banner I have picked up free government in Nicaragua. at this critical hour. It is the banner of We in the United States have been awaiting UNO, because we are once again one [word­ EDWARD DOYLE RECEIVING a Nicaraguan Government that would respect THE SAVINO FERRANTO HU­ play on the acronym UNO]. It is the banner the rights of its people. I urge my colleagues under which Nicaragua will be a republic MANITARIAN AWARD to carefully consider the remarks of Mrs. Cha­ again. morro in the text that follows: It is a very big sacrifice to brandish this HON. EUOT L. ENGEL VIOLETA CHAMORRO APPEALS TO EXPATRIATES banner under the current conditions in OF NEW YORK [Speech by Violeta Barrios Chamorro, presi- Nicaragua because the Sandinists are using IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the most slanderous words, lies, vile deeds, dential candidate of the National Opposi­ and showing great disrespect. One feels that Wednesday, October 4, 1989 tion Unity, in Miami-date not given] it is necessary to wade through mud to I have come with great pride today to this achieve freedom. However, it is also an Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to city-a city that became great thanks to the honor Edward Doyle who will be receiving the honor. It is an honor to represent the heroic drive of a people that preferred freedom fighters who have maintained their opposi­ Savino Farranto Humanitarian Award, which is and exile to dictatorship. A city that became tion against all odds. It is an honor to repre­ given every year to a person who is active in great thanks to the drive of the Cuban sent those who have maintained their oppo­ his or her community and works to improve it. people, a courageous and rebellious but also sition to an ideology that goes against man This year, Mr. Doyle's fine work in the city of progressive and hardworking people. The and the history of Nicaragua. It is an honor Yonkers is being rewarded by the Yonkers Cubans proved how much men are worth to represent those who have fallen, who when they decide to be free. Using the trail Christopher Columbus Day Committee. have been persecuted or incarcerated be­ blazed by the Cubans, another rebellious cause they defended democracy. It is an Edward Doyle, life long a resident of the city people came here and are also making this of Yonkers, has always been active in civic af­ honor to represent sons who were forced to city great. I am referring to my people, and die for an oppressing party and mothers fairs. Mr. Doyle serves on the board of direc­ I have brought a message for them: The bell who were forced to grieve because of a to­ tors of the Angel Guardian for the Elderly and of freedom is ringing in Nicaragua! The time talitarian party. It is an honor to be a on the board of directors of A Brighter Tomor­ has come to make our small and long-suffer­ symbol of the unity of all those who want a row, a shelter for abused and battered ing homeland great! In my first trip outside the country as the free nation and fatherland. It is an honor to women. He is also active in the March of presidential candidate of the National Op­ represent the Nicaragua of mothers and Dimes and United Cerebral Palsy Association. position Union , regarding railroad reorganiza­ Punishment . 10:00 a.m. tion. SD-419 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry SD-226 2:15p.m. Agricultural Production and Stabilization 1:00p.m. Environment and Public Works of Prices Subcommittee Armed Services To hold hearings on the nominations of To hold hearings on proposed legislation To hold hearings on the nominations of Forrest J. Remick, of Pennsylvania, to James R. Locher, III, of Virginia, to be to strengthen and improve U.S. agri­ be a Member of the Nuclear Regula­ cultural programs, focusing on cotton. Assistant Secretary of Defense for tory Commission, and David C. Wil­ Special Operations and Low Intensity SR-332 liams, of Illinois, to be Inspector Gen­ 2:00p.m. Conflict, and Terrence O'Donnell, of eral, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. the District of Columbia, to be Gener­ SD-406 Commerce, Science, and Transportation al Counsel of the Department of De­ Foreign Commerce and Tourism Subcom­ fense. OCTOBER 19 mittee SR-222 To hold hearings on proposed legislation 9:30a.m. to promote and encourage travel in Energy and Natural Resources OCTOBER17 the U.S., and to review the National To resume hearings on the Department Tourism Policy Act Administration. Commerce, Science, and Transportation and its impact on small business. SR-428A Foreign Commerce and Tourism Subcom­ SR-428A 10:00 a.m. mittee 1:00p.m. Foreign Relations To hold oversight hearings on programs Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Business meeting, to consider the United Agricultural Research and General Legis­ Nations Convention Against lllicit administered by the U.S. and Foreign lation Subcommittee Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psycho­ Commercial Service. To hold joint hearings with the House tropic Substances